Colombia's Subsidized Health Regime Affiliates by Population and Region

Colombian data on individuals enrolled in the state-subsidized health regime, which covers low-income, unemployed, informal workers, and other vulnerable groups. The dataset includes columns for population type, residence zone, health provider (EPS), gender, and document type. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic distribution of subsidized healthcare using GENERO, TIPO POBLACION, and F NAC (from 7 available columns)
• Map healthcare coverage by geographic region using ZONA DE RESIDENCIA and CODIGO EPS (from 7 available columns)
• Study the relationship between population type and assigned health provider using TIPO POBLACION and EPS (from 7 available columns)
• Validate document types for different demographic groups using T DOC and GENERO (from 7 available columns)

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• Includes key administrative identifiers such as CODIGO EPS for joining with other health system data.

Limitations

• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely an administrative registry from the General System of Social Security in Health (SGSSS).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:58:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia