Change on a year earlierApril 2021Healthcare system
Andhra Pradesh: inpatient admissions rose to 3,38,714 in April 2021, against 1,42,008 a year earlier (+139%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 3,38,714
- April 2020
- 1,42,008
- Change
- +1,96,706
- Change, per cent
- +139%
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For inpatient admissions, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 3,38,714 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 1,42,008 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh: inpatient admissions rose to 2,95,386 in May 2021, against 1,55,423 a year earlier (+90%).
- Andhra Pradesh: 3,38,714 inpatient admissions in April 2021, the most since June 2019.
- Andhra Pradesh: 3,39,756 inpatient admissions in June 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: 3,26,676 inpatient admissions in May 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andhra Pradesh: inpatient admissions rose to 3,38,714 in April 2021, against 1,42,008 a year earlier (+139%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--andhra-pradesh--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Andhra Pradesh and 3,38,714 in context.