MED-ECHO — Report S04 - Summary of departures and hospital days by age group and sex

This summary gives by five-year age group, the number of departures, stays and sex for all of Quebec.

The MED-ÉCHO bank contains data relating to hospital stays that occurred in Quebec hospitals providing general and specialized care. These data, compiled by hospitals, concern short-term care (physical and psychiatric) and day surgeries.

This data is produced by the Régie de l'assurance Maladie du Québec from the MED-ECHO database. They cover the whole of Quebec.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 21:35 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 21:35 (UTC)
contact_email donnees.ouvertes@msss.gouv.qc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Ministère de la Santé et des services sociaux", "fr": "Ministère de la Santé et des services sociaux"}
criticality_level []
data_dictionary ["health"]
geographic_scope []
open_canada_collection federated
open_canada_date_published 2017-08-16 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en-t-fr": ["Surgery one day", "Age group", "Hospitalization", "Med-Echo", "Number of departures", "quebec", "Short-term care", "Short-term physical care", "Post-mortem care", "Short-term psychiatric care", "Hospital stay", "Average stay", "Total stay"], "fr": ["Chirurgie un jour", "Groupe âge", "Hospitalisation", "Med-Écho", "Nombre de départs", "Québec", "Soins courte durée", "Soins physiques courte durée", "Soins post-mortem", "Soins psychiatriques courte durée", "Séjour hospitalier", "Séjour moyen", "Séjour total"]}
open_canada_subject ["health_and_safety"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr MED-ÉCHO – Rapport S04 - Sommaire départs et jours d’hospitalisation selon groupe d’âge et sexe
update_frequency P1Y