Change on a year earlierApril 2020Healthcare system
Delhi: outpatient attendance fell to 20,35,921 in April 2020, against 67,08,486 a year earlier (−70%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 20,35,921
- April 2019
- 67,08,486
- Change
- −46,72,565
- Change, per cent
- −70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 20,35,921 | 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: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 67,08,486 | 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: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Delhi
- Delhi: outpatient attendance rose to 42,99,066 in April 2021, against 20,35,921 a year earlier (+111%).
- Delhi: 58,73,630 outpatient attendance in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- Delhi: outpatient attendance fell to 26,51,823 in May 2020, against 68,99,680 a year earlier (−62%).
- Delhi: 72,72,761 outpatient attendance in July 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: 69,87,317 outpatient attendance in October 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: 67,97,511 outpatient attendance in September 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: outpatient attendance fell to 20,35,921 in April 2020, against 67,08,486 a year earlier (−70%). 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/opd-attendance--delhi--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Delhi and 20,35,921 in context.