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Acute care patients who reported that doctors always explained things in a way they could understand

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Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016 Year 2013 Year 2010
Province
New Brunswick
73.8
74.8
76.1
73.5
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
75.0
74.3
74.2
74.9
Sackville Memorial Hospital
84.4
63.6
66.7
75.0
Charlotte County Hospital
69.4
60.5
70.0
59.7
Grand Manan Hospital
70.0
100.0
69.2
73.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
71.8
71.8
75.8
72.2
Sussex Health Centre
60.7
55.9
69.6
65.7
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
72.0
74.4
78.2
74.2
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
70.6
80.5
67.4
74.1
Oromocto Public Hospital
72.0
65.9
72.9
60.3
Upper River Valley Hospital
53.4
65.2
63.5
66.4
Miramichi Regional Hospital
75.0
73.6
75.8
66.7
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
78.6
80.5
79.4
77.4
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
78.1
80.0
79.6
78.6
Grand Falls General Hospital
66.7
80.0
70.6
69.4
Edmundston Regional Hospital
75.7
78.6
77.4
75.5
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
87.5
84.0
85.0
90.6
Campbellton Regional Hospital
68.2
73.3
78.8
68.3
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
85.1
83.6
77.1
n/a
Tracadie Hospital
71.1
76.0
73.5
74.8
Chaleur Regional Hospital
79.7
81.1
76.2
77.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
76.6
77.1
76.1
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
75.3
73.9
73.8
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
78.5
80.5
79.4
n/a
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
71.5
71.1
75.4
n/a
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
69.9
73.1
76.4
n/a
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
75.4
79.0
77.1
n/a
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
68.2
73.3
78.8
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
78.7
80.5
75.7
n/a
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
75.0
73.6
75.8
n/a
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
72.2
72.6
75.3
72.2
Vitalité Health Network
77.1
79.5
77.7
75.9
Age
18-64
75.0
76.6
76.4
74.3
65 and over
72.9
73.4
75.8
72.8
Sex at birth
Female
74.6
74.3
76.9
73.5
Male
72.8
75.6
75.1
73.6
Language
Preferred language of service: English
72.1
72.9
75.2
72.4
Preferred language of service: French
79.8
81.6
78.7
77.3
Race
White
73.8
74.9
n/a
n/a
Other
65.7
75.7
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
n/a
n/a
Black
76.6
83.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
69.2
73.3
69.0
72.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
70.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
74.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
73.7
75.1
75.8
74.4
Postsecondary
73.8
74.6
76.0
72.5
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 acute care patients who reported that doctors always explained things in a way they could understand.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: During this hospital stay, how often did doctors explain things in a way you could understand?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AC_CWD03_1

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