Table 3 Discharge planning documentation and prophylaxis medication according to number of previous admissions

Number of previous acute admissions in past 12 months	Prophylaxis medication at discharge	Secondary care follow-up	Written asthma plan	Asthma information leaflets	Inhaler device technique assessed
0	1.00 (ref group)	1.00 (ref group)	1.00 (ref group)	1.00 (ref group)	1.00 (ref group)
1	2.91 (2.56 to 3.31)	2.07 (1.84 2.33)	1.00 (0.89 to 1.13)	1.12 (1.0 to 1.26)	0.86 (0.77 to 0.96)
2	5.13 (4.07 to 6.46)	4.22 (3.45 5.17)	1.04 (0.86 to 1.24)	1.26 (1.06 to 1.50)	0.90 (0.76 to 1.07)
⩾3	7.91 (5.93 to 10.55)	7.28 (5.68 to 9.32)	0.93 (0.77 to 1.12)	1.19 (0.99 to 1.42)	0.55 (0.46 to 0.66)
Total admissions contributing to analysis*	n = 8078	n = 7894	n = 8365	n = 8370	n = 8398

*Excluding those admissions for whom data were incomplete for variables in analysis.
Values are odds ratios with 95% CI in brackets. Odds ratios calculated using binary logistic regression taking account of age, “admitted under care of” and year of audit.