In the NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey for Jan-Dec 2013 64 per cent of the 558 Dubbo Hospital inpatients said they would rate the care they received while in hospital 'very good', while an additional 28 per cent ranked their care as 'good'.

Of those surveyed, 94 per cent responded positively in regards to doctors who treated them, while 97 per cent rated the nurses who treated them as 'very good' or 'good'.

If asked about their hospital experience by friends, 71 per cent said they would speak highly.

An extra 12 per cent of people at Bathurst - 76 per cent - said they had a 'very good' experience overall alongside 72 per cent at Orange.

In addition, 80 per cent of inpatients in Orange Health Service during 2013 and 84 per cent at Bathurst Base Hospital would speak highly of their experience to family and friends.

Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Chief Executive Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque said 80 NSW public hospitals were included in the survey.

"BHI's Snapshot Report shows that most patients were positive about their overall experience of care with 64 per cent of patients rating it as 'very good' and 27 per cent as 'good'," Dr Levesque said.

"Patients tended to rate well their interactions with hospital staff, including being treated with kindness and respect, and the information they were given about their treatment."

However, the statistics were much worse when it came to getting assistance in a reasonable time.

"Levels of satisfaction were lower for questions about how well staff assisted and were responsive to patients' individual needs," Dr Levesque said.

At Dubbo Hospital, 44 per cent of the 475 respondents to the question said they were always able to get a member of staff to help them within a reasonable timeframe.

Half of those surveyed at Orange said they were always helped in a reasonable timeframe, while at Bathurst the figure was slightly lower at 48 per cent.

The NSW average was even worse with only 42 per cent of the total survey participants indicating they were helped within a reasonable timeframe 'all of the time'.

The responses could be linked to the data collected about the number of nurses on duty.

Just over half of inpatients- 52 per cent- said there were always enough nurses on duty to care for them at Dubbo Hospital.

Thirty-five per cent said there were sometimes enough, and 13 per cent said there were not enough nurses on duty.

The satisfaction with the number of nurses in Orange and Bathurst were both higher- 61 and 58 percent respectively said there were always enough nurses on duty.

The results will help NSW hospitals identify areas where patients feel they are performing well and where improvements to patient experience could be made.