Acute care patients who reported that they always received services in their preferred language (English or French)

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
89.6
88.9 - 90.2
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
87.1
85.4 - 88.9
St. Joseph's Hospital
97.1
95.4 - 98.8
Saint John Regional Hospital
95.5
94.7 - 96.2
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
95.5
94.5 - 96.5
Upper River Valley Hospital
93.4
90.8 - 95.9
Miramichi Regional Hospital
82.0
77.5 - 86.6
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
84.7
82.2 - 87.2
Edmundston Regional Hospital
91.0
88.5 - 93.4
Campbellton Regional Hospital
50.3
43.9 - 56.7
Tracadie Hospital
96.0
92.1 - 99.9
Chaleur Regional Hospital
71.4
66.6 - 76.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
86.2
84.8 - 87.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
95.7
95.0 - 96.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
95.0
94.1 - 96.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
90.7
88.3 - 93.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
50.3
43.9 - 56.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
75.3
71.2 - 79.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
82.0
77.5 - 86.5
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
92.7
92.1 - 93.3
Vitalité Health Network
80.3
78.5 - 82.0
Age
18-64
88.0
86.9 - 89.1
65 and over
91.3
90.6 - 91.9
Sex at birth
Female
89.3
88.4 - 90.2
Male
90.0
89.1 - 90.9
Language
Preferred language of service: English
95.2
94.7 - 95.7
Preferred language of service: French
70.5
68.1 - 72.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
81.6
74.2 - 89.0
Education level
High school or less
89.4
88.5 - 90.3
Postsecondary
89.6
88.6 - 90.6
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 always received services in their preferred language (English or French).

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 you receive servics in your preferred language?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_LOS03_3

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