Citizens [who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available when they needed medical care

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Unit %

Confidence Intervals

	Year 2022

Province
New Brunswick	26.6 25.1 - 28.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area	23.8 21.3 - 26.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area	24.2 21.1 - 27.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area	29.1 24.8 - 33.3
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area	40.3 34.1 - 46.5
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area	25.7 18.8 - 32.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area	28.3 23.9 - 32.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area	28.2 22.6 - 33.8
Age
18-64	28.5 26.4 - 30.6
65 and over	22.4 20.7 - 24.2
Gender
Female	26.7 24.9 - 28.5
Male	26.8 24.2 - 29.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity	33.7 24.9 - 42.5
Heterosexual	26.0 24.3 - 27.6
Indigenous identity
Indigenous	45.7 33.8 - 57.6
Non-Indigenous	26.2 24.6 - 27.8
Immigrant
Immigrants	29.9 22.8 - 36.9
Non-immigrants	26.4 24.9 - 28.0
Education level
High school or less	26.5 23.9 - 29.2
Postsecondary	26.4 24.5 - 28.3
Household income
Less than $25,000	36.0 31.0 - 41.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000	28.0 25.3 - 30.7
$60,000 or more	24.5 22.3 - 26.7
Persons with a disability
Without disability	24.2 22.4 - 26.0
With disability	31.7 28.8 - 34.6

n/a = Not applicable / not available

S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

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This indicator is the percentage of citizens [who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used a hospital emergency department 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" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" 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

Citizens [who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months because their primary care provider was not available when they needed medical care

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