Change on a year earlierMay 2020Healthcare system
Bihar: outpatient attendance fell to 22,25,388 in May 2020, against 62,90,495 a year earlier (−65%).
What happened
- May 2020
- 22,25,388
- May 2019
- 62,90,495
- Change
- −40,65,107
- Change, per cent
- −65%
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 outpatient attendance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 22,25,388 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 62,90,495 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.xls: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Bihar
- Bihar: outpatient attendance rose to 41,33,710 in April 2021, against 6,46,464 a year earlier (+539%).
- Bihar: 49,80,645 outpatient attendance in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- Bihar: outpatient attendance fell to 6,46,464 in April 2020, against 60,06,925 a year earlier (−89%).
- Bihar: outpatient attendance in April 2020 was 6,46,464, below the 3-year median of 60,06,925 for the same month (−89%).
- Bihar: 72,36,963 outpatient attendance in September 2018, the most since August 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: outpatient attendance fell to 22,25,388 in May 2020, against 62,90,495 a year earlier (−65%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/opd-attendance--bihar--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 22,25,388 in context.