Metrosalud ESE Morbidity Profile: Patient Diagnoses and Consultations

Perfil de morbilidad de la ESE Metrosalud details patient diagnosis and consultation records from the ESE Metrosalud healthcare institution. The dataset is published on datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for patient demographics, diagnosis codes, dates, and geographic information.

Use Cases

• Analyze disease prevalence by age (EDAD_SIVIGILA) and sex (SEXO) across different neighborhoods (NOMBRE BARRIO RESIDENCIA).
• Map patient consultations using geographic coordinates (LATITUD BARRIO, LONGITUD BARRIO) and administrative units (COMUNA, NOMBRE UPSS).
• Track epidemiological trends over time using diagnosis dates (FECHA), epidemiological weeks (SEMANA EPIDEMIOLOGICA), and aggregated year-month periods (AÑO_MES).
• Study diagnostic pathways by linking primary (CIE10 R1, NOMBRE DIAGNOSTICO R1) and secondary (CIE10 R2, NOMBRE DIAGNOSTICO R2) diagnosis codes with prescribed treatments (PRESCRIPCION, TERAPEUTICAS).

Strengths

• Includes detailed clinical and administrative columns such as diagnosis codes (CIE10 R1, R2, R3), patient age in multiple formats (EDAD_SIVIGILA, EDAD_IRA, EDAD_CIE), and pregnancy status (EMBARAZADA, MES GESTACION).
• Contains geographic identifiers at multiple levels, including neighborhood coordinates, commune, and functional health unit (UNIDAD FUNCIONAL, NOMBRE UNIDAD FUNCIONAL).
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and potential biases require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

ESE Metrosalud, published via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from patient consultations and diagnoses.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:57:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data likely covers the service area of ESE Metrosalud in Colombia, indicated by neighborhood and commune columns.