Citizens [among those who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used one or more other health care services in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available when they needed medical care

Table

Unit %

Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
62.6
61.0 - 64.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
66.1
63.4 - 68.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
60.3
57.0 - 63.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
58.3
54.1 - 62.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
67.2
61.6 - 72.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
63.3
56.5 - 70.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
62.9
58.3 - 67.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
63.7
58.7 - 68.8
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 [among those who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used one or more other health care services in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available when they needed medical care.

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 consulted with them in the last 12 months. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes to at least 1 of the 6 services asked in the questionnaire" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no, to at least 1 of the services asked" to the question: Thinking of the last 12 months, did you use any of the following services because your family doctor or your nurse practitioner was not available when you needed medical care? a) Hospital emergency department, b) After-hours clinic or walk-in clinic, c) Virtual clinic such as eVisitNB, d) Tele-care 811, e) Consultation with a pharmacist and f) Other: please specify. (After recoding the open text field from answer f), 2 new categories were created: allied health professional and specialist

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_TIAAL_1

Charts

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