Installed Healthcare Capacity in Barranquilla, Colombia

Barranquilla District's installed capacity of hospital beds, cots, incubators, and stretchers registered in the REPS system. The dataset, sourced from www.datos.gov.co, includes transient capacity for patient needs and was last updated on 2026-05-18. Capacity varies according to the offerings of health service providers.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of adult intensive care units (INTENSIVA ADULTOS 3100) and pediatric intensive care units (INTENSIVA PEDIÁTRICA 3100) across healthcare providers (CÓDIGO_PRESTADOR).
• Map the availability of neonatal care resources, such as intermediate neonatal incubators (INCUBADORA INTERMEDIA NEONATAL) and basic neonatal cots (CUNA BÁSICO NEONATAL 3100), by provider location (DIRECCIÓN).
• Assess transient capacity for specific needs, including chronic patient care (TRANSITORIA INSTITUCIÓN PACIENTE CRÓNICO) and pharmacodependency treatment (TRANSITORIA FARMACODEPENDENCIA), using provider and site codes (CODIGO_SEDE).

Strengths

• Granular breakdown of over 30 specific healthcare resource types, including specialized units for neonatal, pediatric, adult, and mental health care.
• Includes both permanent and transient capacity records, providing a view of flexible service provision.
• Data is sourced from the official Colombian open data portal (www.datos.gov.co) via the Socrata platform.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and temporal coverage require manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-18 19:05:45; freshness should be verified as this is a future date.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Registered by health service providers in the REPS (Registro Especial de Prestadores de Servicios de Salud) system.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:05:45.

Geography

Barranquilla District, Colombia