Emergency and Hospitalization Patient Referrals from Pasto Salud E.S.E

Patient referrals from emergency and hospitalization services of the Pasto Salud E.S.E social enterprise provider. The dataset includes columns for assignment date, referral object, departure time, healthcare institution, patient age, sex, and diagnostic impressions. Data is hosted by the Colombian open data portal and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Predict patient age or sex based on diagnostic impressions and referral object using classification models.
• Analyze referral patterns by time of day using the Hora_Salida column and day of week derived from FechaAsignacionRegistro.
• Model the relationship between patient age, sex, and the IPS (healthcare institution) receiving the referral.
• Forecast daily referral volumes using the FechaAsignacionRegistro field as a time-series feature.
• Identify common diagnostic impressions (Impresiones_Diagnosticas) associated with referrals from specific healthcare institutions (IPS).

Strengths

• Data includes 7 specific columns detailing patient demographics, timing, and referral context.
• Records patient referrals from both emergency and hospitalization services, capturing two care pathways.
• Dataset was updated in December 2025, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Sample size, row count, and total data volume are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the services of a single healthcare provider (Pasto Salud E.S.E) in Colombia.
• Data completeness for columns like Impresiones_Diagnosticas is unknown and may contain inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Pasto Salud E.S.E (Empresa Social del Estado), via the Colombian national open data portal (www.datos.gov.co).

Collection Method

Administrative records of patient referrals from emergency and hospitalization services.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2025-12-19.

Geography

Services provided by Pasto Salud E.S.E, Colombia.