<p>Characteristics for 2841 Patients Hospitalized with a Diagnosis of Major Depressive Dis

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provides the geographic scope for this dataset of 2,841 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder. The data covers a six-year period from 2017 to 2022 and was authored by Waseem Abu-Ashour. It is a small, 5.5 KB Excel file shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze patient demographics and clinical characteristics based on the described patient cohort.
• Study temporal trends in hospitalizations for Major Depressive Disorder based on the 2017-2022 date range.
• Investigate regional healthcare utilization for mental health based on the Newfoundland and Labrador geography.

Strengths

• Contains 2,841 patient records.
• Covers a specific six-year time range (2017-2022).
• Has a clear geographic focus on Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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 a single Canadian province.

Provenance

Source

Waseem Abu-Ashour via figshare.

Time Range

2017 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:32:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada