Table 1

Results of quality assessment

No (%) of patients with conditionNo of indicators in condition setNo of patients with at least one applicable indicatorNo of indicators that applied to ⩽10% of patients with conditionNo of indicators that applied to >50% of patients with conditionComposite pass rate (%)*Range of pass rates for individual indicators (%)
URTI = upper respiratory tract infections; UTI = urinary tract infections; HRT = hormone replacement therapy.
*Total number of indicators met, summed across all indicators and patients and divided by total number of indicators that applied (expressed as a percentage).
Chronic conditions
    Acne25 (1.6%)573–250–43
    Allergic rhinitis36 (2.3%)424–100100–100
    Asthma194 (12.1%)24194108610–100
    Coronary artery disease53 (3.3%)1353377629–91
    Depression141 (8.8%)211411255214–100
    Diabetes34 (2.1%)1434298247–100
    Dyspepsia/PUD138 (8.6%)713813249–100
    Hypertension149 (9.3%)2614994690–100
    Osteoarthritis91 (5.7%)472114527–100
    Total (chronic)861 (53.8%)1187904537
Acute conditions
    Acute childhood diarrhoea59 (3.7%)85914326–50
    Acute low back pain212 (13.3%)31001–3227–60
    Headache232 (14.5%)7137–9367–100
    Otitis media68 (4.3%)268–18744–97
    URTI - bronchitis63 (3.9%)3121-350–71
    URTI - rhinitis3 (0.2%)12–1100100–100
    URTI - tonsillitis142 (8.9%)3141117973–100
    UTI195 (12.2%)2014817–530–100
    Total (acute)974 (60.9%)47543287
Preventive care
    Cervical screening429 (26.8%)635541917–100
    Family planning90 (5.6%)58923710–83
    Influenza immunisation324 (20.3%)7323315635–100
    HRT52 (3.3%)55113540–71
    Pneumococcal immunisation259 (16.3%)7256412619–100
    Hepatitis B immunisation5 (0.3%)5541200–25
    Total (preventive)1159 (72.4%)3510791710