Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Healthcare system
Goa: outpatient attendance fell to 95,437 in August 2020, against 2,68,478 a year earlier (−64%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 95,437
- August 2019
- 2,68,478
- Change
- −1,73,041
- Change, per cent
- −64%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 95,437 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.xlsx: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 2,68,478 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.xls: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Goa
- Goa: outpatient attendance rose to 1,36,859 in April 2021, against 81,520 a year earlier (+68%).
- Goa: outpatient attendance rose to 2,42,617 in February 2020, against 1,80,608 a year earlier (+34%).
- Goa: outpatient attendance rose to 2,68,478 in August 2019, against 2,03,332 a year earlier (+32%).
- Goa: 2,68,478 outpatient attendance in August 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: 2,24,866 outpatient attendance in July 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: 2,03,332 outpatient attendance in August 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: outpatient attendance fell to 95,437 in August 2020, against 2,68,478 a year earlier (−64%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/opd-attendance--goa--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Goa and 95,437 in context.