MED-ECHO data compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec covers all hospital installations in Quebec. The table lists frequencies of primary and associated diagnoses in ICD-10-CA order, with counts of departures, total stay, average stay, and associated diagnosis cases. It includes data for short-term physical and psychiatric care and day surgeries.
Use Cases
- Analyze hospital stay durations based on average stay and total stay metrics
- Study the prevalence of specific diagnoses based on frequency counts of primary and associated diagnoses
- Compare healthcare utilization across Quebec based on data from all installations forming the MED-ÉCHO clientele
Strengths
- Data covers the whole of Quebec, compiled from all installations in the MED-ÉCHO clientele
- Includes multiple metrics per diagnosis: number of departures, total stay, average stay, and cases of associated diagnoses
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec
- Collection Method
- Compiled by hospitals from MED-ECHO database
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:01.536877; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada