Health Facilities in El Salvador from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide health facility locations tagged by volunteers. The data includes hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. Completeness likely varies, with urban areas being better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility type and location.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Map healthcare coverage gaps by comparing facility density across regions.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via OpenStreetMap tags for `amenity` and `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:52:04.455530; freshness should be verified.

Geography

El Salvador