| Hospital data |
| Number of beds |
| Population the hospital attends |
| Teaching/university hospital |
| Does your hospital belong to the national health service or is it a private company? |
| Does your hospital have an ICU? |
| Does your hospital have spirometry available? |
| Is there a respiratory physician on call every day of the year? |
| Respiratory unit or department |
| Does your unit have a respiratory outpatient clinic available? |
| Does your unit have an outpatient clinic for COPD? |
| How many emergency admissions for any cause did your unit take in 2009? |
| How many respiratory specialists are there in your unit? |
| How many medical trainees are there in your department? |
| How many chest physiotherapists/respiratory therapists are there in your unit? |
| How many nurse specialists are there in your unit? |
| How many lung function technicians are there in your unit? |
| Does your unit have a respiratory ward? |
| If yes, what percentage of COPD patients admitted during a year are managed on the respiratory ward? |
| How many ward rounds by the admitting specialist are there in the first 24 h of a COPD admission in a working day? |
| Does your unit operate a system of specialty triage for COPD? |
| Does your unit have an emergency department? |
| Does your unit have an admissions ward in which some/all COPD patients are treated? |
| Does your unit have a high dependency unit that admits COPD patients? |
| If yes, how many beds? |
| Does your unit have an ICU that admits COPD patients? |
| If yes, how many beds? |
| What percentage of COPD patients are seen by a physiotherapist or respiratory nurse specialist during an admission in your unit? |
| What percentage of COPD patients are seen by a respiratory medical specialist during an admission in your unit? |
| Does your unit offer noninvasive mechanical ventilation for acidotic respiratory failure patients? |
| If yes, do you have the capacity to treat all eligible patients? |
| Does your unit offer invasive mechanical ventilation for acidotic respiratory failure patients? |
| If yes, do you have the capacity to treat all eligible patients? |
| Does your unit have access to a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for discharged COPD admissions? |
| If yes, what type of programme do you carry on? |
| If yes, what percentage of eligible discharges receive pulmonary rehabilitation within 6 months? |
| Does your unit operate an early/supported discharge programme for COPD admissions? |
| If so, what percentage of admissions enter this programme? |
| Does your unit have access to a palliative care service for end-of-life COPD admissions? |
| Does your unit take care of long-term oxygen patients? |
| Does your hospital take care of home-ventilated patients? |
ICU: intensive care unit; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.