The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases

Table 3 Healthcare utilisation in primary care for asthma across all ages in 2011–12 by UK nation

Healthcare utilisation measure in primary care	England		Scotland		Wales		Northern Ireland		UK estimate³
	n	ASR^a	n	ASR^a	n	ASR^a	n	ASR^a	n (000 s)
	N	(95 % CI)	N	(95 % CI)	N	(95 % CI)	N	(95 % CI)	(95 % CI)
Number of General Practitioner consultations¹			215,610	39.1					2700
Number of General Practitioner consultations¹			5,511,732	(39.0–39.3)					(2600–3029)
Number of nurse consultations¹			289,120	53.4					3693
Number of nurse consultations¹			5,511,732	(53.2–53.6)					(3577–4152)
Out of hours calls²			4575	0.9					54.3
Out of hours calls²			5,299,900	(0.8 to 0.9)					(53–60)

Source: ¹Practice Team Information for Scotland; ²NHS 24 for Scotland; ³from cost modelling
^aAge standardised rate (ASR) per 1,000 people registered with GP practices in Wales and population for Scotland. Estimates were standardised using the 2013 European Standard Population
Blank cells had no data availability

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