MED-ECHO Report S02 shows the number of cases and average length of stay for hospital interventions in Quebec, ordered by section. The data originates from the MED-ECHO database, compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec. It covers short-term physical and psychiatric care and day surgeries across all Quebec hospitals providing general and specialized care.
Use Cases
- Analyze gender disparities in hospital care based on intervention frequency by sex.
- Benchmark average length of stay for different types of hospital interventions.
- Study regional healthcare utilization patterns based on data covering all Quebec hospitals.
Strengths
- Data covers the whole of Quebec, providing provincial-level coverage.
- Compiled from the official MED-ECHO database by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec.
- Includes both short-term physical/psychiatric care and day surgeries.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec
- Collection Method
- Compiled by hospitals from the MED-ECHO database.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:47:02.233138; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada