Acute care patients who reported that when they pressed the call button, they always received help as soon as they wanted it

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
56.9
55.8 - 58.1
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
58.1
55.4 - 60.9
St. Joseph's Hospital
76.4
71.1 - 81.7
Saint John Regional Hospital
50.4
48.3 - 52.6
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
53.9
51.1 - 56.7
Upper River Valley Hospital
55.6
50.2 - 61.0
Miramichi Regional Hospital
52.5
46.3 - 58.7
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
60.6
56.9 - 64.3
Edmundston Regional Hospital
73.0
69.1 - 76.9
Campbellton Regional Hospital
59.6
52.9 - 66.3
Tracadie Hospital
64.2
52.1 - 76.2
Chaleur Regional Hospital
66.8
61.6 - 72.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
59.1
56.9 - 61.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
51.7
49.6 - 53.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
54.0
51.6 - 56.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
73.0
69.3 - 76.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
59.6
53.0 - 66.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
66.8
62.1 - 71.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
52.5
46.3 - 58.7
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
53.9
52.6 - 55.3
Vitalité Health Network
65.2
63.0 - 67.4
Age
18-64
56.3
54.5 - 58.1
65 and over
57.6
56.3 - 58.9
Sex at birth
Female
54.1
52.5 - 55.6
Male
61.4
59.7 - 63.0
Language
Preferred language of service: English
53.0
51.7 - 54.4
Preferred language of service: French
68.6
65.9 - 71.3
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
55.2
46.8 - 63.6
Education level
High school or less
59.9
58.3 - 61.5
Postsecondary
54.2
52.5 - 55.8
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 when they pressed the call button, they always received help as soon as they wanted it.

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, after you pressed the call button, how often did you get help as soon as you wanted it?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

AU_ROS01_1

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