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Acute care patients who reported that they were harmed due to a medical error or mistake

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Table

Unit %

Year 2019 Year 2016 Year 2013 Year 2010
Province
New Brunswick
5.2
5.0
5.1
5.1
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
5.6
4.7
5.3
4.2
Sackville Memorial Hospital
S
S
S
S
Charlotte County Hospital
S
S
S
S
Grand Manan Hospital
S
S
S
S
Saint John Regional Hospital
4.7
5.0
5.5
4.4
Sussex Health Centre
S
S
S
S
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
4.6
4.7
4.6
4.9
Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
S
S
S
S
Oromocto Public Hospital
S
S
S
S
Upper River Valley Hospital
5.7
3.8
S
7.0
Miramichi Regional Hospital
6.0
4.1
4.4
4.8
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
5.9
5.5
7.0
5.4
Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital
S
S
S
S
Grand Falls General Hospital
S
S
S
S
Edmundston Regional Hospital
5.1
8.8
5.0
7.9
Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
S
S
S
S
Campbellton Regional Hospital
5.9
9.8
4.6
4.6
Enfant-Jésus RHSJ† Hospital
7.6
S
S
n/a
Tracadie Hospital
6.9
S
7.4
6.6
Chaleur Regional Hospital
4.7
4.5
3.5
7.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
5.7
5.0
5.8
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
5.7
4.8
5.1
n/a
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
5.7
5.2
6.8
n/a
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
4.6
4.9
5.2
n/a
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
4.8
4.5
4.3
n/a
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
5.3
7.6
5.6
n/a
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
5.9
9.8
4.6
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
5.5
4.3
4.1
n/a
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
6.0
4.1
4.4
n/a
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
5.0
4.7
4.9
4.4
Vitalité Health Network
5.6
5.8
5.5
6.4
Age
18-64
6.7
6.1
6.2
5.7
65 and over
4.2
4.2
4.1
4.7
Sex at birth
Female
5.5
5.6
5.3
5.4
Male
4.8
4.3
4.9
4.8
Language
Preferred language of service: English
5.2
4.6
4.8
4.5
Preferred language of service: French
5.1
6.3
5.9
6.7
Race
White
5.0
4.9
n/a
n/a
Other
11.1
10.6
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
S
S
n/a
n/a
Black
S
S
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
13.0
S
S
8.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
4.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
5.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
4.8
4.4
4.4
4.5
Postsecondary
5.6
5.9
6.2
6.2
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 they were harmed due to a medical error or mistake.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Hospital Acute 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: Do you or your family members believe that you were harmed because of a medical error or mistake during this hospital stay?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

AC_ERR01_1

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