Hospital Morbidity and Discharge Records for Betania, Antioquia

Individual records of health service provisions for hospital discharges in Betania, Antioquia. The dataset includes 28 columns covering patient demographics, admission and discharge details, diagnoses, and administrative codes. It was last updated on 2026-05-18 and is hosted by the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze length of hospital stay (DiasEstancia) by patient age (Edad) and diagnosis (DiagnosticoEgreso) using 28 available columns.
• Model the relationship between external cause of injury (CausaExterna) and patient discharge status (EstadoSalida) using demographic variables like Sexo and Zona.
• Study temporal trends in major morbidity causes (GranCausaMorbilidad) by admission year (AñoAtencion) and month (MesAtencion).
• Profile patient flow by analyzing admission method (ViaIngreso) and discharge type (TipoEgreso) against age groups (Edad, UnidadEdad).

Strengths

• Dataset includes 28 detailed columns covering clinical, administrative, and temporal dimensions of hospital care.
• Records are structured with specific fields for diagnosis at both admission (DiagnosticoIngreso) and discharge (DiagnosticoEgreso).
• Temporal granularity is provided with separate fields for date and hour of admission and discharge (FechaIngreso, HoraIngreso, FechaEgreso, HoraEgreso).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from health service providers in Betania, Antioquia.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is suggested by columns AñoAtencion and MesAtencion, but specific range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:30:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage is explicitly for Betania, a municipality in the department of Antioquia, Colombia.