Xiao Rui Catherine Chen, Sau Nga Fu, Wing Kit Leung, Sze Wing Catherine Ng, Wing Yan Wendy Kwan, Tseng Kwong Wong, Pang Fai Chan, Man Ying Michelle Wong, Wai Kit Welchie Ko, Jun Liang, Ming Tung Eric Hui, Yim Chu Li, Wan Luk, V K David Chao
OBJECTIVE: To enhance the quality of COPD management in primary care via a two-phase clinical audit in Hong Kong. METHODS: COPD patients aged 40 or above and had attended any of the 73 public primary care clinics under the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong (HAHK) for follow up (FU) during the audit period were included. Performance of six evidence-based audit criteria on COPD care was reviewed in phase 1 from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. Service gaps were identified and a series of quality improvement strategies were executed in the one-year implementation phase...
2021: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease