Change on a year earlierJune 2020Healthcare system
Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 1,88,344 in June 2020, against 5,63,019 a year earlier (−67%).
What happened
- June 2020
- 1,88,344
- June 2019
- 5,63,019
- Change
- −3,74,675
- Change, per cent
- −67%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 1,88,344 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/C-Jun.xlsx: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2019 | 5,63,019 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/C - June.xls: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Chandigarh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Chandigarh
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance rose to 2,89,787 in April 2021, against 1,07,249 a year earlier (+170%).
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 2,08,307 in November 2020, against 5,89,590 a year earlier (−65%).
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 2,27,196 in September 2020, against 6,69,210 a year earlier (−66%).
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 2,07,726 in August 2020, against 6,59,162 a year earlier (−68%).
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 2,11,377 in July 2020, against 6,83,432 a year earlier (−69%).
- Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 1,46,605 in May 2020, against 6,59,116 a year earlier (−78%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Chandigarh: outpatient attendance fell to 1,88,344 in June 2020, against 5,63,019 a year earlier (−67%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/opd-attendance--chandigarh--2020-06--yoy_change
See also Chandigarh and 1,88,344 in context.