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Asthma - Management
QOF indicators
Table 1. Indicators from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for asthma in the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract
[BMA and NHS Employers, 2009].
Quality indicator | Points | Threshold |
|---|
Records |
ASTHMA 1 The practice can produce a register of patients with asthma, excluding patients with asthma who have been prescribed no asthma-related drugs in the previous 12 months. | 4 | — |
Initial management |
ASTHMA 8 The percentage of patients aged 8 years or older in whom asthma wasdiagnosed from 1 April 2006 with measures of variability or reversibility. | 15 | 40–80% |
Ongoing management |
ASTHMA 3 The percentage of patients with asthma between 14 and 19 years of age for whom there is a record of smoking status in the previous 15 months. | 6 | 40–80% |
ASTHMA 6 The percentage of patients with asthma who have had an asthma review in the previous 15 months. | 20 | 40–70% |
SMOKING 3 The percentage of patients with any or any combination of the following conditions: coronary heart disease, stroke or TIA, hypertension, diabetes, COPD, CKD, asthma, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder or other psychoses who smoke, whose notes record smoking status within the previous 15 months. | 30 | 40–90% |
SMOKING 4 The percentage of patients with any or any combination of the following conditions: coronary heart disease, stroke or TIA, hypertension, diabetes, COPD, CKD, asthma, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder or other psychoses who smoke, whose notes contain a record that smoking cessation advice or referral to a specialist service, where available, has been offered within the previous 15 months. | 30 | 40–90% |
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