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
- Level 1: Indicators with accepted definitions and nationwide data sources
- End Matter
- References