Citizens without a primary care provider who used the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months and reported that they were somewhat or very satisfied with the health care services they received

Table

Unit %

Year 2025 Year 2024 Year 2023
Province
New Brunswick
48.1
43.7 - 52.5
46.5
41.8 - 51.2
52.4
47.3 - 57.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
32.1
21.7 - 42.5
40.2
28.2 - 52.2
44.9
33.7 - 56.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
44.3
32.8 - 55.8
42.9
30.5 - 55.3
52.7
38.0 - 67.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
53.9
46.6 - 61.3
46.3
38.8 - 53.8
51.6
43.0 - 60.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
50.9
38.7 - 63.0
46.6
34.7 - 58.6
61.3
51.8 - 70.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
51.2
33.7 - 68.6
S
S
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
62.2
46.7 - 77.7
62.4
46.8 - 77.9
S
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
51.8
35.4 - 68.2
S
S
Age
18-64
44.9
40.0 - 49.9
43.3
37.9 - 48.6
48.2
42.5 - 53.8
65 and over
65.1
56.2 - 74.0
60.9
52.6 - 69.2
76.5
68.2 - 84.8
Gender
Female
50.2
44.3 - 56.2
47.8
41.9 - 53.7
46.7
40.2 - 53.2
Male
47.2
40.6 - 53.7
46.2
38.9 - 53.5
58.1
50.5 - 65.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
36.5
19.8 - 53.3
S
S
Language
Most comfortable in English
49.0
43.6 - 54.4
44.3
38.8 - 49.8
51.2
44.9 - 57.4
Most comfortable in French
48.9
40.2 - 57.6
57.6
47.7 - 67.5
61.2
52.1 - 70.4
Comfortable in both English and French
34.4
16.6 - 52.3
S
S
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
S
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
47.8
39.2 - 56.4
36.9
23.1 - 50.7
40.5
28.5 - 52.6
Education level
High school or less
52.5
44.1 - 60.9
51.7
43.0 - 60.4
68.0
59.0 - 77.0
Postsecondary
46.6
41.2 - 51.9
45.9
40.2 - 51.5
46.0
40.1 - 51.9
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
47.7
33.1 - 62.3
49.0
34.8 - 63.2
41.6
25.3 - 57.9
Household income
Less than $30,000
52.7
43.4 - 62.1
40.1
29.2 - 51.0
49.9
38.1 - 61.7
$30,000 to less than $60,000
47.1
39.0 - 55.2
53.0
43.8 - 62.1
58.5
49.7 - 67.3
$60,000 or more
45.1
37.7 - 52.5
46.1
39.3 - 53.0
46.9
39.0 - 54.8
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
44.6
36.0 - 53.1
29.8
16.4 - 43.1
35.6
22.0 - 49.3
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 citizens without a primary care provider who used the hospital emergency department in the last 12 months and reported that they were somewhat or very satisfied with the health care services they received.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey and Primary Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is based on respondents who do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner and who used other services in the last 12 months.. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "somewhat satisfied or very satisfied" by the number of respondents who answered "very dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, somewhat satisfied or very satisfied" to the question: What was your level of satisfaction with the health care services you received. a) Hospital emergency department

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_LSCED_1

Charts

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