TABLE 3.

Outpatient services Trends and Mental Health Service Visits in Qatar (2018–2022).

Year	Booked		Total	Attended		Total	DNA		Total	Walk‐in		Total	Total seen		Total	Seen				DNA new	DNA FU	DNA MHS
	New	FU		New	FU		New	FU		New	FU		New	FU		New to FU rate	New to FU ratio	Walk in %	Attended %	%	%	%
2018	6838	41,039	47,877	4399	32,255	36,654	2439	8784	11,223	399	7731	8130	4798	39,986	44,784	8.3	1:8	18	82	36	21	23
2019	8918	45,099	54,017	5636	36,304	41,940	3282	8795	12,077	201	6859	7060	5837	43,163	49,000	7.4	1:7	14	86	37	20	22
2020	9758	43,880	53,638	8038	38,595	46,633	1720	5285	7005	1123	19,122	20,245	9161	57,717	66,878	6.3	1:6	30	70	18	12	13
2021	10,953	48,523	59,476	9139	41,970	51,109	1814	6553	8367	1494	22,041	23,535	10,633	64,011	74,644	6.0	1:6	32	68	17	14	14
2022	11,222	51,120	62,342	8407	42,812	51,219	2815	8308	11,123	1625	23,750	25,375	10,032	66,562	76,594	6.6	1:7	33	67	25	16	18

Abbreviations: DNA, patients who did not attend; FU, follow‐up patients; NEW or “Walk‐in”, patients who attended without pre‐booked appointments..

Source: Mental Health Service, Hamad Medical Corporation.