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Table 3 Resource use at quarterly clinic visits

From: Health-resource use and quality of life in children with bronchiectasis: a multi-center pilot cohort study

 

Baseline

N = 77

Month 3

N = 40

Month 6

N = 48

Month 9

N = 36

Month 12

N = 35

Total

N = 236

Visit details

 Consultant Respiratory Physician

58

31

40

30

33

192 (81.4)

 Respiratory Fellow (advanced trainee)

17

7

5

3

1

33 (14.0)

 Nurse

2

2

3

3

1

11 (4.7)

Additional clinical services utilised

 Respiratory Function testing

51

25

26

26

26

154 (65.3)

 Physiotherapy

27

17

16

14

11

85 (36.0)

 Other allied health

7

5

4

3

0

19 (8.1)

 Respiratory nurse consultant

22

14

12

7

7

62 (26.3)

 Pharmacy - Prescription filled

23

14

12

11

7

67 (28.4)

 Pathology

11

7

8

4

5

35 (14.8)

 Medical Imaging

3

2

1

3

2

11 (4.7)

 Box study or exercise challenge

0

1

0

2

1

4 (1.7)

 Other consults

3

7

3

3

2

18 (7.6)

Healthcare carda

 Yes

60

30

37

25

29

181 (76.7)

 No

15

9

10

9

6

49 (20.8)

 Missing

2

1

1

2

0

6 (2.5)

Private health insurance

 Yes

23

13

15

15

9

75 (31.8)

 No

50

26

31

18

26

151 (64.0)

 Missing

4

1

2

3

0

10 (4.2)

Primary carer required to take leave to attend clinic appointment

 Sick/care’s leave taken

10

2

5

6

3

26 (11.0)

 No leave required

27

14

21

11

15

88 (37.3)

 Unpaid leave taken

7

0

2

4

2

15 (6.4)

 Not in paid employment

25

11

12

5

8

61 (25.9)

 Did not attend

3

0

1

3

2

9 (3.8)

 Other

4

4

3

3

3

17 (7.2)

 Missing

1

9

4

4

2

20 (8.5)

Secondary carer required to take leave to attend clinic appointment

 Sick/care’s leave taken

3

1

2

2

2

10 (4.2)

 No leave required

7

2

1

3

2

15 (6.4)

 Unpaid leave taken

1

1

0

0

0

2 (0.9)

 Not in paid employment

1

1

0

2

0

4 (1.7)

 Did not attend

41

15

16

13

16

101 (42.8)

 Other

1

1

0

1

0

3 (1.3)

 Missing/NA

23

19

29

15

15

101 (42.8)

Additional carer required to take leave to attend clinic appointment

 No leave required

1

0

0

0

0

1 (0.4)

 Not in paid employment

1

0

0

0

0

1 (0.4)

 Did not attend

5

2

3

0

0

10 (4.2)

 Missing/NA

70

38

45

36

35

224 (94.9)

  1. aA healthcare card is a government-issued card, which provides the cardholder with access to additional subsidies for medicines and/or healthcare services within the public healthcare system. Healthcare cards are issued to individuals who meet certain social and/or economic criteria