Citizens who had a consultation with a specialist in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available 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
88.2
85.5 - 90.9
86.6
84.4 - 88.8
87.4
85.2 - 89.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
88.1
83.4 - 92.8
85.8
81.5 - 90.0
87.3
83.7 - 90.9
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
87.1
79.8 - 94.4
91.2
87.4 - 95.1
88.5
83.7 - 93.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
88.6
82.9 - 94.3
85.3
79.3 - 91.2
84.7
78.7 - 90.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
88.6
79.4 - 97.8
82.9
75.6 - 90.3
97.5
93.4 - 100.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
86.8
77.7 - 95.9
84.4
76.6 - 92.3
91.2
86.3 - 96.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
91.2
84.2 - 98.1
85.7
79.1 - 92.3
85.9
79.9 - 92.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
86.5
77.2 - 95.8
82.4
71.4 - 93.5
85.4
77.7 - 93.0
Age
18-64
87.3
83.9 - 90.7
85.0
82.0 - 88.1
86.2
83.3 - 89.0
65 and over
90.4
86.3 - 94.4
89.8
87.0 - 92.5
90.1
87.3 - 92.8
Gender
Female
88.2
84.7 - 91.7
88.5
86.1 - 90.8
86.9
83.9 - 89.9
Male
88.0
83.7 - 92.2
84.7
80.7 - 88.6
88.7
85.7 - 91.6
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
85.3
75.5 - 95.1
78.6
66.1 - 91.0
75.5
63.3 - 87.6
Language
Most comfortable in English
88.6
85.1 - 92.1
87.6
84.8 - 90.4
86.4
83.6 - 89.2
Most comfortable in French
86.3
80.6 - 92.0
83.3
78.9 - 87.7
88.5
84.7 - 92.4
Comfortable in both English and French
89.8
83.8 - 95.7
88.3
81.4 - 95.2
92.5
87.3 - 97.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
86.5
75.0 - 97.9
S
S
Immigrant
Immigrants
85.6
73.8 - 97.3
83.8
74.8 - 92.8
77.3
64.8 - 89.8
Education level
High school or less
86.2
81.1 - 91.3
86.2
81.2 - 91.1
90.2
86.3 - 94.0
Postsecondary
89.0
85.8 - 92.2
86.9
84.4 - 89.4
86.1
83.5 - 88.7
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
86.9
80.0 - 93.8
79.5
72.4 - 86.6
75.7
67.7 - 83.6
Household income
Less than $30,000
88.5
82.2 - 94.8
82.8
76.3 - 89.3
88.4
83.3 - 93.5
$30,000 to less than $60,000
90.3
85.0 - 95.6
84.4
79.3 - 89.4
84.3
79.4 - 89.2
$60,000 or more
86.8
82.9 - 90.8
89.3
86.7 - 91.8
87.6
84.6 - 90.5
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
81.4
69.5 - 93.3
86.4
78.5 - 94.3
79.4
67.2 - 91.7
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 who had a consultation with a specialist in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available 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 have a family doctor or a nurse practitioner and who had a consultation with a specialist in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available. 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. f) Consultation with a specialist

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PC_SATSP_1

Charts

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