MED-ECHO - Report S17 - Summary of departures according to hospital days by type of care

This summary gives, by type of care and by days of hospitalization, the number of departures 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, 17:30 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 17:30 (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"}
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open_canada_collection federated
open_canada_date_published 2017-08-18 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en-t-fr": ["Surgery one day", "Length of hospital stay", "Hospitalization", "Hospitalization days", "Med-Echo", "Number of departures", "quebec", "Short-term care", "Short-term physical care", "Post-mortem care", "Short-term psychiatric care"], "fr": ["Chirurgie un jour", "Durée hospitalisation", "Hospitalisation", "Jours hospitalisation", "Med-Écho", "Nombre de départs", "Québec", "Soins courte durée", "Soins physiques courte durée", "Soins post-mortem", "Soins psychiatriques courte durée"]}
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sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr MED-ÉCHO - Rapport S17 - Sommaire des départs selon les jours d'hospitalisation par type de soins
update_frequency P1Y