MED-ECHO data compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec covers hospital stays across Quebec. This table reports the number of departures, total stay, and average stay for long-term care users occupying short-term beds by treatment region. The data is sourced from hospital centers serving the MED-ÉCHO clientele.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional disparities in long-term care user stays based on reported average stay per region.
- Monitor hospital bed utilization efficiency based on reported total stays and departures.
- Evaluate healthcare system performance for long-term care based on user movement data across treatment regions.
Strengths
- Data covers the whole of Quebec, providing provincial-level scope.
- Compiled from the official MED-ECHO database by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec.
- Includes key metrics: 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.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Quebec's healthcare system.
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 15:46:27.176801; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada