Acute care patients who reported that a family member or a friend felt they needed to stay with them during their hospital stay for them to feel safe

Table

Unit %

Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
15.8
14.9 - 16.7
Hospitals
The Moncton Hospital
17.3
15.1 - 19.5
St. Joseph's Hospital
S
Saint John Regional Hospital
14.7
13.2 - 16.2
Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
15.0
12.9 - 17.1
Upper River Valley Hospital
10.3
7.0 - 13.5
Miramichi Regional Hospital
16.2
11.1 - 21.4
Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre
17.5
14.5 - 20.5
Edmundston Regional Hospital
16.3
12.7 - 19.9
Campbellton Regional Hospital
14.2
9.2 - 19.3
Tracadie Hospital
21.5
11.3 - 31.7
Chaleur Regional Hospital
25.0
20.0 - 30.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
17.3
15.5 - 19.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.1
12.7 - 15.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.2
12.4 - 16.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.1
11.7 - 18.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.2
9.3 - 19.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
24.5
20.1 - 29.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
16.2
11.1 - 21.4
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
14.9
13.9 - 15.9
Vitalité Health Network
18.6
16.6 - 20.5
Age
18-64
20.7
19.2 - 22.2
65 and over
10.6
9.8 - 11.4
Sex at birth
Female
18.5
17.2 - 19.8
Male
12.1
11.0 - 13.1
Language
Preferred language of service: English
14.5
13.6 - 15.5
Preferred language of service: French
21.5
19.2 - 23.9
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
27.9
19.9 - 36.0
Education level
High school or less
11.8
10.7 - 12.8
Postsecondary
18.9
17.6 - 20.3
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 a family member or a friend felt they needed to stay with them during their hospital stay for them to feel safe.

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: Did a family member or friend feel that they needed to stay with you during your hospital stay for you to feel safe?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

AU_SAF06_1

Charts

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