Acute care patients who reported that they felt there was always good communication about their care between doctors, nurses and other hospital staff

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
58.5
57.4 - 59.5
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
57.2
54.7 - 59.7
St. Joseph's Hospital
84.7
81.2 - 88.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
58.2
56.3 - 60.1
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
54.9
52.4 - 57.5
Upper River Valley Hospital
57.0
51.8 - 62.2
Miramichi Regional Hospital
57.7
52.0 - 63.4
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
59.2
55.7 - 62.7
Edmundston Regional Hospital
70.4
66.5 - 74.3
Campbellton Regional Hospital
45.5
39.1 - 51.9
Tracadie Hospital
64.8
54.0 - 75.5
Chaleur Regional Hospital
60.3
55.2 - 65.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
58.2
56.2 - 60.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
59.2
57.5 - 61.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
55.1
52.9 - 57.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
69.5
65.9 - 73.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
45.5
39.1 - 51.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
61.1
56.5 - 65.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
57.7
52.0 - 63.4
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
57.6
56.4 - 58.8
Vitalité Health Network
61.1
59.0 - 63.3
Age
18-64
55.5
53.8 - 57.2
65 and over
61.7
60.5 - 62.9
Sex at birth
Female
55.2
53.8 - 56.7
Male
63.0
61.6 - 64.5
Language
Preferred language of service: English
55.9
54.7 - 57.2
Preferred language of service: French
64.1
61.5 - 66.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
48.9
40.8 - 57.0
Education level
High school or less
63.4
62.0 - 64.8
Postsecondary
54.4
52.9 - 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 they felt there was always good communication about their care between doctors, nurses and other hospital staff.

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: Do you feel that there was good communication about your care between doctors, nurses and other hospital staff?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_CRD01_1

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