Patient Diagnosis Relationships from Colombian Hospital Visits

Datos.gov.co provides a dataset of patient diagnosis relationships from hospital appointments and admissions. It lists instances where a patient received a different diagnostic code across visits. The dataset was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of diagnosis code changes (Codigo_Dx_m to Codigo_Dx_r) for individual patients.
• Model the relationship between a main diagnosis (Diagnóstico_m) and a related diagnosis (Dx_Nombre_r).
• Cluster patients based on sequences or pairs of diagnostic codes (Codigo_Dx_m, Codigo_Dx_r) recorded over time.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• Records are updated with a recent timestamp from December 2025.

Limitations

• The total number of rows and sample size are unknown, preventing assessment of statistical power.
• Key metadata such as license, author, and data collection methodology is unspecified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

null

Time Range

null

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-19.

Geography

Colombia (implied by source domain .gov.co).