Acute care patients who reported that when they left the hospital, they had a completely better understanding of their condition than when they entered the hospital

Table

Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016
Province
New Brunswick
60.7
59.1
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
58.4
55.4
Sackville Memorial Hospital
54.8
53.1
Charlotte County Hospital
55.0
44.9
Grand Manan Hospital
66.7
33.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
58.1
56.3
Sussex Health Centre
56.5
56.2
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
53.1
54.0
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
66.7
58.5
Oromocto Public Hospital
41.3
50.0
Upper River Valley Hospital
49.2
48.0
Miramichi Regional Hospital
60.2
55.4
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
68.4
66.8
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
72.9
73.3
Grand Falls General Hospital
56.5
71.4
Edmundston Regional Hospital
74.8
70.8
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
75.0
69.6
Campbellton Regional Hospital
59.8
64.6
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
72.6
62.7
Tracadie Hospital
67.7
66.7
Chaleur Regional Hospital
70.0
69.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
62.8
61.2
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
58.3
55.4
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
68.9
67.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
58.0
55.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
52.6
53.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
73.6
70.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
59.8
64.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
69.9
68.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
60.2
55.4
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
56.6
54.9
Vitalité Health Network
69.3
68.0
Age
18-64
60.0
60.0
65 and over
61.2
58.4
Sex at birth
Female
59.1
57.6
Male
62.6
61.0
Language
Preferred language of service: English
56.3
54.5
Preferred language of service: French
74.0
73.6
Race
White
60.7
59.2
Other
56.3
57.7
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
Black
66.7
66.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
54.7
62.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
58.5
n/a
Non-immigrants
60.8
n/a
Education level
High school or less
62.7
61.5
Postsecondary
58.0
56.0
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 when they left the hospital, they had a completely better understanding of their condition than when they entered the hospital.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "completely" by the number of respondents who answered "not at all, partly, quite a bit or completely" to the question: When you left the hospital, did you have a better understanding of your condition than when you entered?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AC_DCT03_1

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