Table 3

Time reserved for ACNP, in hours per week per 1000 registered patients, compared with process quality results documented in medical records according to diagnosis. Number of centres in parentheses.

Indicators

Asthma

Asthma

Asthma

COPD

COPD

COPD

<1 h/w (19)

1–1 1/2 h/w (11)

>1 1/2 h/w (9)

<1 h/w (19)

1–1 1/2 h/w (11)

>1 1/2 h/w (9)

n = 253

n = 142

n = 102

n = 256

n = 142

n = 102

%

%

%

%

%

%

Spirometry

36

p = 0.000

68

p = 0.01

52

44

p = 0.003

60

p = 0.54

64

Smoking habit documentation

39

p = 0.000

57

p = 0.09

46

59

p = 0.02

70

p = 0.12

61

PEF¹

53

p = 0.000

74

p = 0.22

67

-

-

-

Reversibility test²

-

-

-

22

p = 0.19

28

p = 0.42

24

Pulse oximetry²

-

-

-

22

p = 0.35

20

p = 0.045

33

Weight²

-

-

-

14

p = 0.554

18

p = 0.016

28

1 = only searched for in medical records of patients with an asthma diagnosis

2 = only searched for in medical records of patients with a COPD diagnosis

Carlfjord and Lindberg BMC Family Practice 2008 9:36   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-36