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Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2020

Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2020

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 18.6 16.2
Feb 13.5 14.1
Mar 15.3 19.6
Apr 12.1 13.1
May 15.5 20.3
Jun 19.9 26.4
Jul 19.3 18.6
Aug 14.1 15.6
Sep 19.0 20.6
Oct 18.1 16.6
Nov 16.4 15.4
Dec 12.9 13.4

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.