MED-ECHO: Quebec Hospital Stay Summary by Age and Sex

MED-ECHO is a summary of hospital stays in Quebec compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec. It provides the number of departures and stays aggregated by five-year age groups and sex for the entire province. The data covers short-term physical and psychiatric care and day surgeries from hospitals providing general and specialized care.

Use Cases

• Analyze hospital utilization rates based on demographic breakdowns by age and sex.
• Compare hospital stay durations across different age cohorts.
• Model healthcare resource demand based on aggregated departure and stay counts.
• Study gender disparities in hospital admissions for short-term care.

Strengths

• Data covers the entire province of Quebec.
• Aggregation is provided by five-year age groups and sex.
• Data is produced by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec, a government health authority.

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

Collection Method

Compiled by hospitals from the MED-ECHO database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:52:23.073631; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Quebec, Canada