Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Body section
    • 1 Background
      • Lung function testing
      • Research questions
    • 2 Methods
      • Data sources
      • Analyses
    • 3 Use of lung function testing in people with chronic airways disease
      • Question 1: What proportion of participants in the 45 and Up Study, with or without asthma, had lung function testing?
      • Question 2: What proportion of people starting medications indicated for chronic airways disease had diagnostic lung function testing performed within +/- 12 months?
    • 4 Discussion
      • How key findings relate to Australian guidelines for asthma and COPD
      • Limitations of the study
      • The value of linked data-how this study will help
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Data acquisition timeline
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Related publications