Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - number of consultations

The chart below shows the estimated numbers of consultations in Scotland for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for the four financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07, by staff discipline. Figures are standardised by age, gender and deprivation to account for any differences in these characteristics between the PTI sample population and the Scottish practice population.

The chart shows that the estimated number of contacts with GPs for COPD has decreased markedly over the four years of recording. The number of contacts with practice nurses has increased over the same time period (although only by a small amount in 2006/07) resulting in a fairly stable number of combined GP and practice nurse contacts. The large contribution of practice nurses reflects the fact that routine monitoring of many chronic conditions is increasingly carried out by practice nurses.

These figures and comparable figures for 2003/04 to 2005/06 are also provided in tabular format in an Excel document   (21KB).

COPD¹ - estimated number of consultations in Scotland in the financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07 ^{2, 3} 
by staff discipline

* Health visitor and district nurse data are not available for the financial year 2006/07.
¹ Based on ISD's Read Code Grouping (RCG) 'COPD'.
² Based on 45, 44, 44 and 45 PTI practices that submitted complete data for the years ending 31 March 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Figures are standardised by age, gender and deprivation.
³ Population source: Community Health Index (CHI) record, as at 30 September 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Note: Following a substantial review of PTI data and subsequent revisions to the methodology for all PTI analyses, direct comparisons with figures produced prior to 27th March 2007 are not valid.  See the Note of Revisions for further information.

Source: Practice Team Information (PTI), ISD Scotland (last updated 25 March 2008)

Related information - COPD
Excel table giving patient and contact estimates by age and gender for 2003/04 to 2006/07  (21KB)
COPD - number of patients (chart)