Organisation of asthma care in primary health care in Mid-SwedenShow others and affiliations
2005 (English)In: Primary Care Respiratory Journal, ISSN 1471-4418, E-ISSN 1475-1534, Vol. 14, no 3, p. 147-153
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Abstract [en]
AIM: To investigate the organisation of asthma care in 240 primary health care centres (PHCCs) in Mid-Sweden.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study. Main outcomes were occurrence and structure of nurse-based asthma clinics according to nationally recommended criteria, and access and use of spirometers.
RESULTS: 238 PHCCs (99%) responded. 16% reported a complete, and 37% an incomplete, asthma clinic. 47% of PHCCs had no asthma clinic. The incomplete asthma clinics usually lacked sufficient asthma nurse time, a scheduled nurse surgery and a responsible GP. 77% of the PHCCs had access to a spirometer and on average 19 spirometries/1000 inhabitants/year were performed. There was a large variation in the use of spirometers.
CONCLUSION: Half of the PHCCs had an asthma clinic and a majority had access to a spirometer. More frequent use of spirometry and increased time provision for the asthma nurse would be likely to produce a substantial improvement in the standard of asthma care in primary health care.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2005. Vol. 14, no 3, p. 147-153
Keywords [en]
Asthma; Asthma clinic; Primary health care; Quality of health care; Spirometer
National Category
Respiratory Medicine and Allergy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-55843DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.03.003PubMedID: 16701714Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-19344372262OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-55843DiVA, id: diva2:1075319
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