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Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2022

Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2022

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 16.8 10.6
Feb 10.0 2.9
Mar 3.3 3.4
Apr 7.1 10.4
May 14.9 18.2
Jun 20.1 15.5
Jul 19.2 17.9
Aug 18.0 13.9
Sep 15.1 13.5
Oct 16.8 13.4
Nov 16.1 20.5
Dec 8.7 9.1

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.