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. 2015 Mar 26;25:15017. doi: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.17

Table 2. Change in compliance with NICE quality indicators for patients before and after intervention for comparing the intervention with the control practices.

Quality indicator Control
Intervention
Difference in differences: Interventioncontrol P-value
Baseline (CB) Post intervention (CP) Difference (CP)(CB) Baseline (IB) Post intervention (IP) Difference (IP)(IB)
Post-BD spirometry confirmed diagnosis 6.7 3.3 −3.4 11.3 12.6 1.3 4.7 0.001
Annual review performed 65.2 57.9 −7.3 63.1 60.5 −2.6 4.7 0.22
Self-management plan received 4.5 6.2 1.7 4.8 9.7 4.9 3.2 0.12
MRC 3+ referred for rehabilitation 0.9 2.2 1.3 1.2 8.6 7.4 6.1 0.03
Patients quit smoking 21.8 20.1 −1.7 22.0 22.0 0.0 1.7 0.58

Generalised linear clustered model estimates, allowing for the cluster effects of GP practices, back transformed (from logits) to percentages.

Abbreviations: BD, bronchodilator; MRC, Medical Research Council.