Table 1 The number of tests carried out by general practices and individual nurses between 2010 and 2013

From: The development of a community-based spirometry service in the Canterbury region of New Zealand: observations on new service delivery

Medical centre

Number of tests/year

Number of testers

Nurses performing >100 tests /year

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

Mean

  

Urban 1

126

209

319

431

271

3

2/3

Urban 2

100

147

187

247

170

2

1/2

Urban 3

104

113

143

196

139

2

1/2

Urban 4

78

65

115

194

113

1

1/1

Rural 1

30

68

60

56

54

1

0/1

Rural 2

33

26

34

49

36

1

0/1