Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
    • Why the need for enhanced asthma-related information?
    • Monitoring risk groups
    • Objectives of this plan
    • Framework for data development to monitor asthma indicators
  • Sections
    • Level 1: Indicators with accepted definitions and nationwide data sources
      • 1.1 Death rate for asthma among persons aged 5 - 34 years and all ages
      • 1.2 Rate of hospital separations and hospital patient days for asthma
    • Level 2: Indicators with no nationwide data source available
      • 2.1 Prevalence of current asthma
      • 2.2 Prevalence of wheeze in the preceding 12 months
      • 2.3 Prevalence of smoking in households where children with asthma reside
      • 2.4 Number of individuals with a hospital separation for asthma and hospital re-admissions for asthma within 28 days
      • 2.5 Hospital re-attendance rate for asthma within 28 days
      • 2.6 Asthma-related emergency department attendance
      • 2.7 Proportion of people with current asthma with an asthma action plan
      • 2.8 Proportion of people with asthma who use preventers regularly
    • Conclusions and recommendations
  • End Matter
    • References