Change on a year earlierMarch 2021Healthcare system
Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 881 in March 2021, against 478 a year earlier (+84%).
What happened
- March 2021
- 881
- March 2020
- 478
- Change
- +403
- Change, per cent
- +84%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 881 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 478 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 807 in April 2021, against 397 a year earlier (+103%).
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 1,086 in January 2021, against 604 a year earlier (+80%).
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 1,139 in December 2020, against 649 a year earlier (+76%).
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions in October 2020 was 1,300, above the 3-year median of 627 for the same month (+107%).
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 1,300 in October 2020, against 704 a year earlier (+85%).
- Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions in September 2020 was 1,245, above the 3-year median of 595 for the same month (+109%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: inpatient admissions rose to 881 in March 2021, against 478 a year earlier (+84%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--lakshadweep--2021-03--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 881 in context.