Acute care patients who reported that their preferred language was properly identified when they arrived at the hospital

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
96.7
96.3 - 97.0
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
95.9
94.9 - 96.9
St. Joseph's Hospital
96.9
95.3 - 98.5
Saint John Regional Hospital
97.3
96.7 - 97.9
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
96.4
95.5 - 97.3
Upper River Valley Hospital
98.9
97.9 - 99.9
Miramichi Regional Hospital
92.8
89.4 - 96.3
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
97.5
96.4 - 98.6
Edmundston Regional Hospital
97.4
96.0 - 98.7
Campbellton Regional Hospital
95.6
92.7 - 98.4
Tracadie Hospital
100.0
100.0 - 100.0
Chaleur Regional Hospital
97.3
96.0 - 98.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
96.4
95.6 - 97.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
97.0
96.4 - 97.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
96.9
96.1 - 97.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
97.3
96.1 - 98.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
95.6
92.7 - 98.4
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
97.7
96.7 - 98.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
92.8
89.4 - 96.3
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
96.5
96.0 - 96.9
Vitalité Health Network
97.2
96.5 - 97.9
Age
18-64
96.5
95.9 - 97.2
65 and over
96.8
96.4 - 97.2
Sex at birth
Female
96.4
95.8 - 96.9
Male
97.1
96.6 - 97.6
Language
Preferred language of service: English
97.5
97.1 - 97.9
Preferred language of service: French
93.6
92.3 - 95.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
91.7
86.3 - 97.1
Education level
High school or less
96.9
96.4 - 97.4
Postsecondary
96.5
95.9 - 97.1
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 their preferred language was properly identified when they arrived at the hospital.

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: When you first arrived at the hospital, was your preferrred language properly identified?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_LOS02_1

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