MED-ÉCHO data covers hospital stays for short-term care and day surgeries across Quebec. The Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec compiles this data from hospitals providing general and specialized care. This specific table shows the number of departures and days of hospitalization according to the patient's place of residence.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional disparities in hospital utilization based on patient residence data.
- Model hospital bed demand and resource allocation based on discharge counts and length of stay.
- Study patient flow and healthcare access patterns across different geographic areas in Quebec.
Strengths
- Data covers the whole of Quebec, providing a provincial-scale view.
- Compiled from hospitals providing general and specialized care, suggesting broad coverage of hospital types.
- Data is produced by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec, an authoritative healthcare administration body.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Quebec-only coverage.
Provenance
- Source
- Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec from the MED-ECHO database.
- Collection Method
- Compiled by hospitals providing general and specialized care.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:52:57.942118; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada.