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Recipe Name:

QIM 2 – Smoking Status

Rationale:

In Australia, smoking continues to be the behavioural risk factor responsible for the highest levels of preventable disease and premature death. Recording systems that document tobacco use almost double the rate at which clinicians intervene with smokers leading to higher rates of smoking cessation.

Target:

Proportion of regular clients who are aged 15 years and over and whose smoking status has been recorded within the previous 12 months as one of the following:

•current smoker;

•ex-smoker or;

•never smoked

"The question about smoking status should be asked annually until age 30 then current status assumed"Where a regular client’s tobacco smoking status does not have an assessment date assigned within the Clinical Information System (CIS), tobacco smoking status the CIS should be treated as current (i.e. as having been updated within the previous 12 months).

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