Paediatric asthma: diagnosis and treatment Practice Review figure descriptions and data

Accessible text descriptions and data for figures in the NPS MedicineWise Practice Review for paediatric asthma diagnosis and treatment

What asthma medicines did you prescribe for your patients aged 1–5 years in FY 2018–19?

Data for the first figure in the sample Paediatric asthma Practice Review

SABA only (%)

Low-strength ICS (%)

Montelukast (%)

High-strength ICS (%)

ICS+LABA (%)

You

13

13

38

25

25

Median of GPs in your RA who prescribed one or more asthma medicines for children (aged 1–5)

50

38

0

0

0

25th percentile of GPs in your RA

10

0

0

0

0

75th percentile of GPs in your RA

73

67

7

0

0

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What asthma medicines did you prescribe for your patients aged 6–11 years in FY 2018–19?

Data for the second graph in the sample Paediatric asthma Practice Review

SABA only (%)

Low-strength ICS (%)

Montelukast (%)

High-strength ICS (%)

ICS+LABA (%)

You

17

0

17

17

67

Median of GPs in your RA who prescribed one or more asthma medicines for children (aged 6–11)

25

33

0

0

0

25th percentile of GPs in your RA

0

13

0

0

0

75th percentile of GPs in your RA

50

57

17

20

17

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What was the first preventer you prescribed for your patients aged 1–11 years in FYs 2017–19?

Data for the third graph in the sample Paediatric asthma Practice Review

Low-strength ICS (%)

Montelukast (%)

High-strength ICS (%)

ICS+LABA (%)

You (n)

8

3

10

3

You (%)

33

13

42

13

Your RA (%)

63

13

12

13

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Age profile of your patients aged 1–11 (1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019)

Data for the age profile graph in the sample Paediatric asthma Practice Review

Number of patients

0–1 (years)

2–3 (years)

4–5 (years)

6–7 (years)

8–9 (years)

10–11 (years)

You

65

38

26

20

30

25

25th percentile

29

17

15

13

12

7

75th percentile

136

82

71

59

52

32

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What was the first preventer prescribed by Australian GPs for patients aged 1–11 years in FYs 2017–19?

Data for the bar graph showing aggregated data in different remoteness areas (not included in sample Practice Review)

Low-strength ICS (%)

Montelukast (%)

High-strength ICS (%)

ICS+LABA (%)

Major city

63

13

13

12

Inner regional

61

16

13

12

Outer regional

58

14

13

16

Remote

63

11

12

15

Very remote

52

17

15

18

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