Cantidad de ambulancias, camas y salas (consideradas trazadoras) por departamento, año y n

From 2017 onward, this dataset tracks the quantity of key healthcare resources like ambulances, hospital beds, and specialized rooms across departments in Colombia. It is published by the Colombian government via the datos.gov.co platform and includes breakdowns by legal nature of the service provider. The data covers resources such as intensive care beds, operating rooms, and mental health care beds.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in intensive care capacity using CAMAS Cuidado Intensivo Adulto and Departamento columns.
• Model the distribution of specialized pediatric resources using CAMAS Cuidado Intensivo Pediátrico and CAMAS Unidad de Quemados Pediátrico.
• Compare resource availability between public and private providers using the Naturaleza jurídica column alongside bed and ambulance counts.
• Track temporal changes in obstetric and delivery room capacity using Año, CAMAS Obstetricia, and SALAS Partos columns.

Strengths

• Includes data from 2017 onward, providing a multi-year time series.
• Contains over 20 specific columns detailing counts for specialized medical resources.
• Geographic granularity is provided at the departmental level via the Departamento column.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely collected via administrative reporting from habilitados (enabled/authorized) healthcare services.

Time Range

From 2017 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:56:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, at the departmental level.