Hospital Bed Capacity Data from OSM and Official Sources

Hospital bed capacity data combines original OpenStreetMap (OSM) records with information from official hospital websites. The dataset includes geospatial files, suggesting it contains location coordinates and hospital attributes. Its large file size indicates a substantial collection of records, potentially covering a wide geographic area.

Use Cases

• Mapping hospital resource density based on geospatial coordinates
• Benchmarking regional healthcare capacity using bed count data
• Validating OSM infrastructure data against official institutional sources

Strengths

• Combines two data sources (OSM and official websites) for potential validation
• Large file size (423 MB) suggests a substantial number of records
• Open license (CC-BY-4.0) permits broad reuse

Limitations

• Column names and exact row count are not provided, limiting immediate usability
• The future 'last updated' date (2026-03-25) is anomalous and suggests metadata error
• Documentation appears minimal, with only a brief description

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap and official hospital websites

Collection Method

Data compilation from OSM and web sources

Time Range

null

Freshness

2026-03-25 (Note: This is a future date and likely a metadata error)

Geography

null (likely global, given OSM source)