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Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2024

Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2024

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 20.7 9.6
Feb 23.2 12.2
Mar 20.5 10.0
Apr 21.2 12.0
May 23.6 11.3
Jun 27.1 21.2
Jul 27.2 19.1
Aug 27.8 18.0
Sep 26.1 17.0
Oct 24.9 12.7
Nov 27.9 19.7
Dec    

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.