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Recipe Name:

Patients with respiratory conditions and no smoking status recorded

Rationale:

Compared with non-smokers with asthma, smokers with asthma have:

• more asthma symptoms

• worse asthma control

• a more rapid decline in lung function

• more airway inflammation

• less response to preventer medication

Therefore it is important that the smoking status is recorded for every patient diagnosed with a respiratory condition.

Target:

To effectively manage asthma and COPD patients through establishing adequate recording systems.

CAT Starting Point:

1. CAT Open - CAT4 view (all reports) loaded
2. Population Extract Loaded and Extract Pane “Hidden”
   1. Filter Pane open and under the ‘General’ tab ‘Active Patients’ (3x <2 years) selected (this step can be
       omitted if you want to search for all patients).