MED-ECHO data compiled by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec covers hospital stays in Quebec for short-term care and day surgeries. The table specifically cross-references treatment region and residence region to show the number of patient departures. The data is produced from the MED-ECHO database and covers the whole of Quebec.
Use Cases
- Analyze patient flow between regions based on treatment and residence location.
- Assess regional healthcare demand and capacity based on hospital stay departures.
- Study patterns in short-term care and day surgery utilization across Quebec.
- Model interregional mobility for healthcare planning based on cross-tabulated region data.
Strengths
- Data covers the whole of Quebec, providing provincial scope.
- Compiled from hospital-reported data for short-term care and day surgeries.
- Produced by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec, an authoritative source.
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 15:52:00.186954; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada