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Citizens who reported that they were able to get an appointment with their primary care provider within 5 days

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Table

Unit %

Year 2023 Year 2022
Province
New Brunswick
31.4
29.5 - 33.3
34.0
31.8 - 36.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
29.6
26.1 - 33.1
28.8
25.1 - 32.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
33.5
29.3 - 37.6
37.9
33.4 - 42.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
27.5
23.5 - 31.6
33.0
27.3 - 38.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.2
21.6 - 36.8
39.0
29.3 - 48.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.4
17.3 - 31.5
17.0
10.6 - 23.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
42.4
36.2 - 48.6
36.9
30.9 - 43.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.3
24.7 - 35.9
45.1
37.1 - 53.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
n/a
n/a
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
n/a
n/a
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
n/a
n/a
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
n/a
n/a
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
n/a
n/a
Dieppe and Memramcook
n/a
n/a
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
n/a
n/a
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
n/a
n/a
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
n/a
n/a
Fredericton
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
n/a
n/a
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
n/a
n/a
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
n/a
n/a
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
n/a
n/a
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
n/a
n/a
Moncton
n/a
n/a
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
n/a
n/a
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
n/a
n/a
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
n/a
n/a
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
n/a
n/a
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
n/a
n/a
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
n/a
n/a
Riverview and Coverdale
n/a
n/a
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
n/a
n/a
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
n/a
n/a
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
n/a
n/a
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
n/a
n/a
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
n/a
n/a
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
n/a
n/a
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
n/a
n/a
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
n/a
n/a
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
n/a
n/a
Age
18-64
28.5
26.2 - 30.9
32.5
29.7 - 35.4
65 and over
38.0
34.9 - 41.0
37.9
35.0 - 40.9
Gender
Female
30.4
28.2 - 32.7
33.5
31.0 - 36.0
Male
33.0
29.8 - 36.3
34.3
30.4 - 38.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
17.7
10.6 - 24.7
41.1
28.6 - 53.6
Language
Most comfortable in English
30.6
28.4 - 32.8
n/a
Most comfortable in French
31.9
27.7 - 36.0
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
35.6
28.5 - 42.8
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
33.0
21.6 - 44.3
39.4
24.7 - 54.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
27.6
18.7 - 36.4
25.1
17.6 - 32.7
Education level
High school or less
34.1
30.6 - 37.6
37.1
33.0 - 41.3
Postsecondary
30.3
28.1 - 32.6
32.8
30.1 - 35.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
37.5
31.5 - 43.4
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
32.7
28.0 - 37.5
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
34.9
30.9 - 38.8
n/a
$60,000 or more
29.7
27.0 - 32.3
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
31.1
21.8 - 40.3
n/a
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 reported that they were able to get an appointment with their primary care provider within 5 days.

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 and last consultation was for a health concern or problem. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "same day, 1 day, 2 days or 3 to 5 days" by the number of respondents who answered "same day, 1 day, 2 days, 3 to 5 days, 6 to 7 days, 8 to 14 days (up to 2 weeks), 15 to 21 days (up to 3 weeks), 22 to 28 days (up to 4 weeks) or more than 4 weeks/More than a month" to the question: Thinking of the last time you consulted with your family doctor or your nurse practitioner, either in-person or virtually, how long did it take from when you first tried to make the appointment to when you actually consulted with him/her?

Notes

The 2020 edition of the Primary Health Survey (PHS) was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, NBHC had to assess the impact of surveying during the pandemic. Accordingly, advanced statistical analyses were performed to allow for comparison between the results obtained in 2020 and those obtained in previous PHS cycles. Despite these analyses, users are advised to use the PHS 2020 data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other PHS editions.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

PH_ACCPB_2

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