Weekly Inpatient Care Utilization in West Kutai Highest in East Kalimantan (Sunday, October 30, 2022)

The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) recorded an average weekly inpatient utilization rate in East Kalimantan of 2.99 patients, data updated as of Sunday, October 30, 2022. This figure is higher than the national average, which currently stands at 1.91 patients per 100,000 population/week.

West Kutai Regency is ranked first with the highest weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate of 8.62 patients per 100,000 population/week. The weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate in this regency shows no improvement, having increased compared to the previous week, which recorded 0.66 patients per 100,000 population/week.

The same condition occurred in Samarinda City, which recorded a weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate of 4.96 patients per 100,000 population/week. In this regency, the weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate is also higher than the previous week, which was only 3.92 patients per 100,000 population/week. Balikpapan City follows next. This regency in East Kalimantan province recorded a weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate of 4.33 patients per 100,000 population/week.

Bontang City and Kutai Kartanegara Regency follow, with recorded weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rates of 3.77 patients per 100,000 population/week and 2.52 patients per 100,000 population/week, respectively.

Nationally, the average weekly agglomeration inpatient utilization rate across the 34 provinces is currently on an upward trend compared to the previous week, which was only 1.6 patients per 100,000 population/week.