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Description
Directorio Prestadores externos contratados DISAN-PONAL lists external health service providers contracted by the National Police of Colombia. The dataset includes columns such as Municipio Prestador, Prestador de Servicios de Salud Contratado, and contract dates. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated on 2026-05-18.
Use Cases
Analyze the geographic distribution of contracted providers using Municipio Prestador and Dirección Prestador.
Monitor contract durations and renewal schedules using Fecha Inicio del Contrato and Fecha Fin Contrato.
Identify the types of health services procured by analyzing the Nombre Servicio Contratado column.
Track information currency for administrative records using the Fecha Actualización Información field.
Strengths
Includes specific contract timeline data via Fecha Inicio del Contrato and Fecha Fin Contrato.
Provides location and organizational context via Municipio Prestador and Unidad Prestadora de Salud.
Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
License and author information are not specified in the provided metadata.
Provenance
Source
www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).
Collection Method
Likely an administrative record from the DISAN-PONAL unit of the Colombian National Police.
Time Range
Implied by contract dates (Fecha Inicio del Contrato, Fecha Fin Contrato), but specific range is not stated.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-18 18:11:51; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Colombia, as suggested by the platform and column Municipio Prestador.
License is unknown; users should verify terms of use before application.