Acute care patients who reported that their family or friends were always involved as much as the patient wanted in decisions about their care and treatment

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
70.4
69.4 - 71.5
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
72.6
70.1 - 75.1
St. Joseph's Hospital
79.2
74.8 - 83.7
Saint John Regional Hospital
71.2
69.3 - 73.0
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
68.0
65.5 - 70.6
Upper River Valley Hospital
72.8
68.0 - 77.5
Miramichi Regional Hospital
67.4
61.4 - 73.3
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
71.5
67.9 - 75.0
Edmundston Regional Hospital
70.6
66.4 - 74.8
Campbellton Regional Hospital
57.1
49.7 - 64.4
Tracadie Hospital
S
Chaleur Regional Hospital
67.4
61.7 - 73.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
72.1
70.1 - 74.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
71.9
70.2 - 73.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
69.0
66.8 - 71.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
71.3
67.4 - 75.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
57.1
49.8 - 64.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
67.3
62.2 - 72.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
67.4
61.5 - 73.3
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
70.9
69.7 - 72.1
Vitalité Health Network
68.9
66.7 - 71.2
Age
18-64
70.5
68.8 - 72.2
65 and over
70.4
69.2 - 71.6
Sex at birth
Female
69.8
68.3 - 71.2
Male
71.4
69.9 - 72.8
Language
Preferred language of service: English
70.8
69.7 - 72.0
Preferred language of service: French
67.5
64.6 - 70.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
66.4
58.5 - 74.2
Education level
High school or less
70.7
69.3 - 72.2
Postsecondary
70.3
68.7 - 71.8
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 their family or friends were always involved as much as the patient wanted in decisions about their care and treatment.

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: Were your family or friends involved as much as you wanted in decisions about your care and treatment?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_APP04_1

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