Change on a year earlierDecember 2020Healthcare system
Karnataka: inpatient admissions fell to 3,74,314 in December 2020, against 10,42,814 a year earlier (−64%).
What happened
- December 2020
- 3,74,314
- December 2019
- 10,42,814
- Change
- −6,68,500
- Change, per cent
- −64%
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 2019, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 3,74,314 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/I-Dec.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 "Karnataka", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2019 | 10,42,814 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.xls: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male)- Children<18yrs + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female)- Children<18yrs + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "Karnataka", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in Karnataka
- Karnataka: inpatient admissions rose to 4,24,538 in April 2021, against 2,46,575 a year earlier (+72%).
- Karnataka: inpatient admissions fell to 3,94,991 in January 2021, against 10,41,745 a year earlier (−62%).
- Karnataka: inpatient admissions rose to 10,41,745 in January 2020, against 4,94,575 a year earlier (+111%).
- Karnataka: inpatient admissions rose to 10,42,814 in December 2019, against 4,94,127 a year earlier (+111%).
- Karnataka: 10,42,814 inpatient admissions in December 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: inpatient admissions rose to 7,24,789 in September 2019, against 5,40,108 a year earlier (+34%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Karnataka: inpatient admissions fell to 3,74,314 in December 2020, against 10,42,814 a year earlier (−64%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--karnataka--2020-12--yoy_change
See also Karnataka and 3,74,314 in context.