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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.

From: Asthma and COPD in primary health care, quality according to national guidelines: a cross-sectional and a retrospective study

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. 1 = only searched for in medical records of patients with an asthma diagnosis
  2. 2 = only searched for in medical records of patients with a COPD diagnosis