Hospital Discharge Records with Diagnosis and Service Data from Hospital San Rafael

Hospital San Rafael E.S.E. Espinal provides a dataset of patient discharges from its various services, including diagnosis. The dataset includes columns for Sexo (Sex), Edad (Age), Estancia (Length of Stay), Diagnostico (Diagnosis), mes (Month), año (Year), Servicio (Service), and Tercero (Third Party). It was last updated on 2026-05-18 17:51:00 and is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze patient length of stay (Estancia) by diagnosis (Diagnostico) and service (Servicio).
• Study demographic trends in hospital discharges using Sexo and Edad columns.
• Track monthly and yearly (mes, año) discharge volumes for different hospital services (Servicio).

Strengths

• Includes key clinical and administrative variables such as Diagnostico, Servicio, and Estancia.
• Data is structured with temporal dimensions (mes, año) for time-series analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Hospital San Rafael E.S.E. Espinal, via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely extracted from hospital administrative systems.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:51:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Espinal, Colombia (inferred from hospital name).