Change on a year earlierApril 2020Healthcare system
Puducherry: inpatient admissions fell to 4,787 in April 2020, against 14,860 a year earlier (−68%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 4,787
- April 2019
- 14,860
- Change
- −10,073
- Change, per cent
- −68%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 4,787 | 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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 14,860 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in Puducherry
- Puducherry: inpatient admissions rose to 8,056 in April 2021, against 4,787 a year earlier (+68%).
- Puducherry: inpatient admissions rose to 9,700 in March 2021, against 4,492 a year earlier (+116%).
- Puducherry: 9,700 inpatient admissions in March 2021, the most since January 2020.
- Puducherry: inpatient admissions rose to 8,123 in February 2021, against 5,023 a year earlier (+62%).
- Puducherry: inpatient admissions fell to 7,635 in July 2020, against 19,345 a year earlier (−61%).
- Puducherry: inpatient admissions fell to 6,892 in May 2020, against 19,041 a year earlier (−64%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: inpatient admissions fell to 4,787 in April 2020, against 14,860 a year earlier (−68%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--puducherry--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 4,787 in context.