Table 4.
The quality of care for seniors, aged 40–79 years, using medication targeting obstructive lung disease in the five regions of Greenland
| Sermersooq N = 840 |
Qeqqa N = 389 |
Kujataa N = 274 |
Avannaa N = 341 |
Disko N = 304 |
P | Total N = 2,148 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process indicators registered within 1 or 2 years, % (n) | |||||||
| Smoking - within 1 year - within 2 years |
23.6 (198) 38. (319) |
29.3 (114) 45.0 (175) |
30.3 (83) 43.1 (118) |
28.7 (98) 36.1 (123) |
48.7 (148) 63.2 (192) |
<0.001 <0.001 |
29.8 (641) 43.2 (927) |
| Blood pressure - within 1 year - within 2 years |
21.4 (180) 35.0 (294) |
30.8 (120) 42.7 (166) |
28.1 (77) 37.6 (103) |
27.6 (94) 34.9 (119) |
51.3 (156) 66.1 (201) |
<0.001 <0.001 |
29.2 (627) 41.1 (883) |
| Spirometry - within 1 year - within 2 years |
13.9 (117) 23.8 (200) |
12.1 (47) 24.7 (96) |
12.4 (34) 20.1 (55) |
21.1 (72) 25.5 (87) |
23.4 (71) 39.5 (120) |
<0.001 <0.001 |
15.9 (341) 26.0 (558) |
| Pneumococcal vaccination | 14.4 (121) | 14.7 (57) | 9.9 (27) | 9.1 (31) | 2.3 (7) | <0.001 | 11.3 (243) |
| Influenza vaccination - within 1 year |
17.9 (150) | 19.3 (75) | 17.9 (49) | 14.4 (49) | 14.8 (45) | 0.322 | 17.1 (368) |
| Influenza vaccination | 26.5 (223) | 24.7 (96) | 30.7 (84) | 20.5 (70) | 19.1 (58) | 0.004 | 24.7 (531) |
N = number of patients, n = number of patients with indicator registered, P = P-values.