Median wait time for cataract surgery completed (quarterly data)

Table

Unit Days

Quarter Jul-Sep 2024 Quarter Apr-Jun 2024 Quarter Jan-Mar 2024 Quarter Oct-Dec 2023 Quarter Jul-Sep 2023 Quarter Apr-Jun 2023 Quarter Jan-Mar 2023 Quarter Oct-Dec 2022 Quarter Jul-Sep 2022 Quarter Apr-Jun 2022 Quarter Jan-Mar 2022
Province
New Brunswick
66
65
74
63
49
49
95
65
63
72
74
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
85
27
27
33
32
22
50
23
28
29
49
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Horizon
76
26
28
28
23
20
47
21
21
28
56
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area - Vitalité
134
54
26
42
72
42
74
40
46
40
41
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
113
145
105
79
81
68
79
69
79
88
141
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
58
63
69
74
60
65
72
54
61
103
92
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
371
n/a
147
90
141
49
107
99
112
71
56
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
41
38
51
59
26
43
134
162
147
94
105
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
57
90
120
202
256
165
258
180
181
185
138
Regional Health Authorities
Horizon Health Network
65
68
77
66
48
51
78
52
61
76
93
Vitalité Health Network
75
56
63
57
51
43
116
113
83
68
56
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator measures the median wait time in days, where half of the cases waited less than the median and half of the cases waited longer than the median before the cataract surgery was completed. Data is based on a 3-month reporting period and refers to the place of service (where the surgery is performed). Data is reported quarterly.

Source

NB Department of Health, Surgical Access Registry

Notes

For the reporting periods Apr-Jun 2023, Jul-Sep 2023 and part of Oct-Dec 2023, the Surgical Access Registry did not receive complete data for Zone 7, due to the implementation of private clinics doing public Cataract Procedures. Data on cataract surgery should therefore be interpreted with caution for these three reporting periods.
Wait times are calculated from the date that the patient and surgeon determine that the patient needs surgery and the patient is ready to receive it and ends on the date when the surgery is performed. This indicator does not include emergency surgeries. Timeframes during which the patient was not available to have surgery are excluded from the wait time calculations. Source data is from the Provincial Surgical Access Registry.

Unit

Days

NBHC code

GNB_CTMN_Q

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