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Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2021

Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2021

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 15.4 18.0
Feb 19.7 16.7
Mar 20.1 17.9
Apr 17.0 12.9
May 19.2 15.5
Jun 20.9 15.6
Jul 18.1 11.7
Aug 17.8 10.6
Sep 19.3 14.4
Oct 16.2 11.3
Nov 16.2 11.0
Dec 16.6  9.6

Note:
The CHP has started to use electronic data on diagnosis coding of patients of the Hospital Authority's General Out-patient Clinics for sentinel surveillance since January 2020, replacing manual data collection in the past.