Table 1.

Key care elements for group A, B, C and D patients

		Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Key care elements	At risk	Low risk, less symptoms	Low risk, more symptoms	High risk, less symptoms	High risk, more symptoms	In exacerbation
1. Smoking prevention	✓
2. Smoking cessation	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3. Differential diagnosis	✓
4. Spirometric diagnosis	✓	18–24 monthly or when clinician suspects patient grouping has changed
5. Patient education		✓	✓	✓	✓
6. Drug optimisation		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
7. Influenza vaccination (yearly)		Only for elderly (≥65 years old) and those who have concomitant	✓	✓	✓
8. BMI assessment (yearly)		✓	✓	✓	✓
9. CAT		6–12 monthly	6–12 monthly	6–12 monthly	3–4 monthly
10. Acute ventilation (Invasive/Non-invasive)						✓
11. Supported restructured hospital/emergency department discharge						✓
12. Home oxygen				✓	✓
13. Advance care planning				✓	✓

BMI, body mass index; CAT, COPD assessment Tool; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.