Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that when they first started receiving services, someone from the program talked with them about all the medications they were taking

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
88.3
87.6 - 89.0
86.0
85.2 - 86.8
84.1
83.2 - 85.0
83.4
82.4 - 84.3
72.3
70.9 - 73.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
87.0
85.6 - 88.3
85.3
83.6 - 87.0
83.3
81.4 - 85.2
82.1
80.1 - 84.2
70.3
67.4 - 73.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
87.9
86.5 - 89.3
85.6
83.9 - 87.3
83.4
81.3 - 85.5
83.0
80.8 - 85.1
64.9
61.9 - 68.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
88.1
86.7 - 89.6
89.0
87.5 - 90.5
84.8
82.9 - 86.7
83.1
80.9 - 85.2
72.8
69.7 - 75.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
88.2
86.0 - 90.5
87.9
85.2 - 90.6
85.2
82.4 - 88.1
87.5
84.8 - 90.2
81.0
77.2 - 84.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
88.2
84.8 - 91.5
78.6
74.2 - 83.0
81.3
76.6 - 85.9
79.5
75.1 - 83.9
68.7
62.6 - 74.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
92.9
91.4 - 94.5
85.2
82.6 - 87.9
83.9
81.1 - 86.6
87.7
84.9 - 90.5
87.2
83.9 - 90.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
87.7
84.6 - 90.8
82.0
78.0 - 86.0
87.6
84.2 - 90.9
80.9
77.1 - 84.7
71.8
66.4 - 77.1
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
94.7
92.6 - 96.8
86.6
82.7 - 90.5
84.5
79.5 - 89.6
84.0
78.5 - 89.6
80.4
73.8 - 87.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
88.7
85.7 - 91.6
85.4
81.1 - 89.7
89.1
84.8 - 93.3
89.2
84.5 - 93.9
77.7
70.6 - 84.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
82.3
76.5 - 88.1
80.3
74.0 - 86.5
77.3
70.5 - 84.2
76.3
69.6 - 83.0
62.8
54.3 - 71.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
89.1
85.3 - 92.9
85.4
79.6 - 91.3
81.5
75.4 - 87.7
89.9
84.6 - 95.3
86.3
78.5 - 94.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
93.1
89.4 - 96.9
77.1
70.7 - 83.4
85.4
79.2 - 91.5
82.5
76.7 - 88.3
76.4
67.8 - 84.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
84.2
80.6 - 87.8
87.6
82.4 - 92.8
78.3
71.4 - 85.3
73.6
65.5 - 81.7
66.1
55.0 - 77.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
84.1
77.6 - 90.7
93.7
89.0 - 98.4
82.7
75.1 - 90.4
78.5
68.5 - 88.6
75.6
64.1 - 87.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
87.0
83.9 - 90.2
88.3
84.7 - 91.9
86.9
83.3 - 90.5
87.1
83.3 - 90.8
81.3
76.1 - 86.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
92.8
90.6 - 95.0
92.9
90.5 - 95.3
94.6
92.2 - 97.0
89.5
86.2 - 92.9
80.9
75.8 - 86.1
Fredericton
84.6
81.3 - 87.9
84.3
80.9 - 87.7
75.4
70.8 - 79.9
78.6
73.9 - 83.4
68.1
60.8 - 75.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
86.9
78.0 - 95.8
79.7
69.7 - 89.6
91.3
83.2 - 99.3
63.9
49.6 - 78.3
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
89.5
85.7 - 93.3
86.4
81.6 - 91.3
83.2
77.7 - 88.7
87.7
83.3 - 92.1
81.2
74.9 - 87.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
75.5
62.4 - 88.6
74.1
61.2 - 87.0
79.7
69.2 - 90.1
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
91.4
83.4 - 99.4
84.0
75.6 - 92.3
88.8
79.7 - 97.8
S
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
89.8
84.2 - 95.4
84.6
77.4 - 91.8
87.4
81.1 - 93.8
79.4
70.1 - 88.7
73.7
62.6 - 84.9
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
87.7
84.5 - 91.0
82.6
78.4 - 86.9
88.8
85.3 - 92.2
80.9
76.8 - 85.0
70.7
64.6 - 76.7
Moncton
87.2
84.8 - 89.7
87.0
84.1 - 89.8
80.7
77.2 - 84.2
81.6
78.0 - 85.3
69.7
64.8 - 74.6
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
91.3
86.8 - 95.8
94.9
90.8 - 99.0
86.9
80.3 - 93.5
82.4
75.0 - 89.8
82.2
71.9 - 92.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
78.5
67.1 - 89.9
81.5
69.9 - 93.1
81.0
71.1 - 90.8
76.2
64.4 - 88.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
88.5
84.0 - 93.0
86.6
81.4 - 91.7
83.3
76.9 - 89.6
85.8
78.8 - 92.8
58.9
46.8 - 71.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
84.8
80.2 - 89.5
93.7
89.8 - 97.6
89.4
84.0 - 94.8
82.9
74.1 - 91.7
61.3
49.4 - 73.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
89.4
83.8 - 94.9
85.8
80.4 - 91.2
80.9
74.2 - 87.6
79.8
72.5 - 87.1
71.4
62.0 - 80.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
90.0
87.1 - 92.9
82.0
77.4 - 86.6
78.2
71.9 - 84.4
74.7
67.0 - 82.5
57.1
48.3 - 65.9
Riverview and Coverdale
85.5
80.9 - 90.0
82.3
77.0 - 87.6
82.9
76.8 - 88.9
82.5
76.1 - 88.9
72.4
63.9 - 81.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
89.0
85.1 - 92.8
85.5
79.7 - 91.3
87.5
81.1 - 93.8
77.4
69.8 - 85.0
58.9
46.6 - 71.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
82.4
79.5 - 85.3
82.6
79.5 - 85.8
78.9
75.0 - 82.7
76.7
72.8 - 80.5
63.1
58.2 - 68.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
84.3
75.2 - 93.4
81.8
71.1 - 92.5
81.9
72.0 - 91.8
S
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
86.2
81.9 - 90.5
83.6
78.3 - 88.9
86.0
82.1 - 90.0
85.2
80.7 - 89.6
71.0
63.2 - 78.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
91.0
86.6 - 95.5
80.5
73.4 - 87.6
80.6
73.2 - 88.0
91.2
86.3 - 96.1
90.6
84.0 - 97.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
84.2
79.9 - 88.5
90.6
86.6 - 94.6
85.6
80.2 - 91.0
85.2
79.8 - 90.6
62.6
54.1 - 71.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
90.0
86.8 - 93.2
86.2
82.2 - 90.2
92.9
89.6 - 96.2
91.0
87.1 - 94.9
75.7
68.6 - 82.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
97.3
95.6 - 99.0
92.4
88.9 - 95.9
88.5
83.8 - 93.2
90.8
86.7 - 94.9
68.1
60.4 - 75.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
94.6
91.6 - 97.6
86.8
80.7 - 92.9
87.2
82.5 - 91.9
86.6
79.9 - 93.3
95.5
91.2 - 99.9
Age
18-64
86.8
84.8 - 88.7
86.4
84.4 - 88.4
84.9
82.9 - 87.0
83.3
81.2 - 85.4
74.4
72.0 - 76.9
65 and over
88.6
87.8 - 89.3
85.9
85.0 - 86.8
83.9
82.9 - 84.9
84.2
83.1 - 85.3
71.9
70.2 - 73.6
Gender
Female
88.0
87.1 - 89.0
85.2
84.1 - 86.4
82.5
81.2 - 83.8
81.9
80.6 - 83.2
73.2
71.4 - 75.0
Male
88.4
87.4 - 89.5
86.9
85.7 - 88.1
86.1
84.8 - 87.4
85.3
83.9 - 86.7
70.9
68.7 - 73.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
88.0
87.1 - 88.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
88.6
87.3 - 90.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
90.8
88.6 - 93.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
85.6
79.5 - 91.6
80.5
72.6 - 88.4
80.6
72.5 - 88.6
80.9
73.5 - 88.4
73.8
66.0 - 81.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
87.8
82.7 - 92.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
90.1
89.2 - 90.9
87.4
86.4 - 88.4
85.3
84.2 - 86.4
84.4
83.3 - 85.6
73.5
71.9 - 75.1
Postsecondary
85.9
84.6 - 87.2
84.6
83.1 - 86.2
83.1
81.3 - 84.9
81.8
79.8 - 83.9
69.7
66.8 - 72.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
85.3
83.4 - 87.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
89.1
88.1 - 90.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
89.4
88.1 - 90.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
84.3
81.9 - 86.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
87.0
81.4 - 92.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that when they first started receiving services, someone from the program talked with them about all the medications they were taking.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: When you first started receiving Extra-Mural services, did someone from the program talk with you about all the prescription and over-the-counter medicines you were taking?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

XM_MED01_1

Charts

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