Data compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec covers hospital stays across Quebec. The table provides the number of departures, total stay, and average stay categorized by chapter of the main diagnosis. It includes short-term physical and psychiatric care and day surgeries from hospitals providing general and specialized care.
Use Cases
- Analyze average length of stay based on main diagnosis chapter
- Compare total hospital utilization across different diagnosis categories
- Study gender disparities in hospital departures by diagnosis
Strengths
- Data covers the entire province of Quebec
- Includes metrics for number of departures, total stay, and average stay
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 the MED-ECHO database
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:49:40.920274; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Quebec