Citizens [who consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used a virtual clinic such as eVisitNB 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
14.2
13.0 - 15.4
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
16.8
14.5 - 19.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.0
9.5 - 14.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.1
10.9 - 17.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
9.0
4.6 - 13.4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
13.3
7.6 - 19.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
11.4
8.3 - 14.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.6
14.2 - 25.1
Age
18-64
18.0
16.3 - 19.7
65 and over
5.7
4.7 - 6.6
Gender
Female
18.1
16.3 - 19.8
Male
9.6
7.9 - 11.4
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
22.7
14.9 - 30.5
Heterosexual
13.8
12.5 - 15.1
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
17.4
6.4 - 28.5
Non-Indigenous
14.1
12.8 - 15.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
11.5
7.4 - 15.7
Non-immigrants
14.4
13.1 - 15.7
Education level
High school or less
10.1
8.3 - 12.0
Postsecondary
16.0
14.4 - 17.6
Household income
Less than $25,000
9.8
6.7 - 13.0
$25,000 to less than $60,000
11.0
9.1 - 13.0
$60,000 or more
17.0
15.1 - 19.0
Persons with a disability
Without disability
15.0
13.5 - 16.6
With disability
12.4
10.3 - 14.5
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 consulted with their primary care provider in the last 12 months] who used a virtual clinic such as eVisitNB 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? c) Virtual clinic such as eVisitNB

Unit

%

NBHC code

PC_TIAVC_2

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