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Citizens without a primary care provider who used one or more health care services the last time they needed health care in the last 12 months

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Table

Unit %

Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
82.3
78.9 - 85.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
78.5
70.9 - 86.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
77.1
68.2 - 85.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
87.0
81.5 - 92.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
90.0
84.9 - 95.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
72.9
62.2 - 83.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
88.7
80.2 - 97.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
S
Age
18-64
81.8
77.9 - 85.8
65 and over
84.3
80.0 - 88.6
Gender
Female
86.3
82.6 - 89.9
Male
79.2
74.1 - 84.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
S
Heterosexual
81.4
77.8 - 85.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
S
Non-Indigenous
82.5
79.1 - 86.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
85.0
77.0 - 93.0
Non-immigrants
81.7
78.0 - 85.4
Education level
High school or less
84.5
79.6 - 89.5
Postsecondary
81.3
77.1 - 85.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
91.2
87.0 - 95.5
$25,000 to less than $60,000
80.1
74.4 - 85.7
$60,000 or more
81.0
75.2 - 86.7
Persons with a disability
Without disability
78.0
73.6 - 82.4
With disability
93.0
89.8 - 96.3
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 one or more health care services the last time they needed health care in the last 12 months.

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 a nurse practitioner. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes to at least 1 of the 7 health care services asked in the questionnaire" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no, to at least 1 of the options asked" to the question: In the last 12 months, thinking of the last time you needed medical care, did you use any of the following services: hospital emergency department, after-hours clinic or a walk-in clinic, consultation using NB Health Link, virtual clinic using eVisitNB, Tele-Care 811, consultation with a pharmacist or other, please specify

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_NODAL_1

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