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

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
74.4
73.5 - 75.3
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
74.6
72.4 - 76.8
St. Joseph's Hospital
91.7
89.0 - 94.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
72.0
70.4 - 73.7
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
72.3
70.1 - 74.5
Upper River Valley Hospital
69.1
64.3 - 73.8
Miramichi Regional Hospital
71.0
65.9 - 76.1
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
82.3
79.8 - 84.8
Edmundston Regional Hospital
76.9
73.4 - 80.4
Campbellton Regional Hospital
71.9
65.9 - 77.9
Tracadie Hospital
76.4
66.5 - 86.3
Chaleur Regional Hospital
81.6
78.0 - 85.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
77.5
75.9 - 79.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
72.7
71.1 - 74.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
71.5
69.5 - 73.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
76.4
73.1 - 79.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
71.9
65.9 - 77.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
81.0
77.7 - 84.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
71.0
65.9 - 76.1
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
72.7
71.6 - 73.7
Vitalité Health Network
79.5
77.8 - 81.1
Age
18-64
76.3
74.8 - 77.7
65 and over
72.4
71.3 - 73.4
Sex at birth
Female
75.1
73.9 - 76.4
Male
73.3
72.0 - 74.6
Language
Preferred language of service: English
72.7
71.7 - 73.8
Preferred language of service: French
79.9
77.8 - 82.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
77.8
71.7 - 84.0
Education level
High school or less
74.4
73.2 - 75.7
Postsecondary
74.9
73.6 - 76.1
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

AU_CWD03_1

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