Change on a year earlierSeptember 2020Healthcare system
Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 56,05,437 in September 2020, against 1,64,24,441 a year earlier (−66%).
What happened
- September 2020
- 56,05,437
- September 2019
- 1,64,24,441
- Change
- −1,08,19,004
- Change, per cent
- −66%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | 56,05,437 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/F-Sep.xlsx: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| September 2019 | 1,64,24,441 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/F - September.xls: '14.2.1' Allopathic- Outpatient attendance + '14.2.2' Ayush - Outpatient attendance; column "Uttar Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for outpatient attendance in Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance in May 2021 was 18,32,126, below the 4-year median of 1,09,40,782 for the same month (−83%).
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance rose to 49,67,948 in April 2021, against 13,02,273 a year earlier (+281%).
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 41,87,763 in August 2020, against 1,47,96,404 a year earlier (−72%).
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 37,54,727 in July 2020, against 1,28,54,148 a year earlier (−71%).
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 30,04,745 in June 2020, against 1,19,77,702 a year earlier (−75%).
- Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 23,29,799 in May 2020, against 1,11,80,789 a year earlier (−79%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttar Pradesh: outpatient attendance fell to 56,05,437 in September 2020, against 1,64,24,441 a year earlier (−66%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/opd-attendance--uttar-pradesh--2020-09--yoy_change
See also Uttar Pradesh and 56,05,437 in context.