Acute care patients who reported that they had a completely clear understanding about all of their prescribed medications before leaving the hospital

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
77.4
76.5 - 78.3
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
77.6
75.4 - 79.7
St. Joseph's Hospital
89.4
86.5 - 92.3
Saint John Regional Hospital
76.2
74.5 - 77.9
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
76.0
73.8 - 78.2
Upper River Valley Hospital
70.5
65.8 - 75.2
Miramichi Regional Hospital
76.4
71.4 - 81.3
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
80.5
77.5 - 83.4
Edmundston Regional Hospital
81.1
77.8 - 84.5
Campbellton Regional Hospital
69.9
63.7 - 76.1
Tracadie Hospital
82.7
73.3 - 92.0
Chaleur Regional Hospital
84.6
81.3 - 87.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
78.5
76.8 - 80.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
76.9
75.3 - 78.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
74.9
72.9 - 76.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
80.7
77.6 - 83.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
69.9
63.7 - 76.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
83.8
80.8 - 86.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
76.4
71.5 - 81.3
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
76.4
75.4 - 77.4
Vitalité Health Network
80.3
78.6 - 82.0
Age
18-64
77.1
75.6 - 78.6
65 and over
77.7
76.7 - 78.7
Sex at birth
Female
77.0
75.7 - 78.2
Male
77.9
76.7 - 79.2
Language
Preferred language of service: English
76.4
75.3 - 77.4
Preferred language of service: French
80.5
78.3 - 82.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
68.4
60.6 - 76.2
Education level
High school or less
77.8
76.6 - 79.1
Postsecondary
77.3
76.0 - 78.6
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 had a completely clear understanding about all of their prescribed medications before leaving 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: Before you left the hospital, did you have a clear understanding about all of your prescribed medications, including those you were taking before your hospital stay?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_DCT01_1

Charts

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