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Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Monthly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 12.3 14.8
Feb 21.2 18.5
Mar 21.7 12.3
Apr 17.2 9.7
May 14.8 8.5
Jun 22.7 17.4
Jul 27.3 17.7
Aug 25.2 11.6
Sep 17.9 12.4
Oct 20.6 11.5
Nov 20.8 8.5
Dec  19.9  11.5

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.