Table 5 Proportion of GPs who consider referring a patient to a respiratory specialist in specific situations (N = 179)

I believe the patient may have severe asthma and may be a candidate for treatment with a biologic therapy

+ 75%, p ≤ 0.001

I suspect the patient has occupational asthma

+ 29%, p ≤ 0.001

The patient is at high risk of future adverse asthma-related outcomes

+ 28%, p ≤ 0.001

I have addressed comorbidities I can treat and have not seen an improvement in asthma control

+ 24%, p ≤ 0.001

The patient requires high-dose inhaled corticosteroids to maintain asthma control despite correct inhaler technique and good adherence

+ 16%, p ≤ 0.001

I am unsure of the asthma diagnosis (e.g., patients with features of both asthma and COPD^a)

+ 11%, p = 0.018

I have been treating the patient for 12 months or more with little to no improvement in symptoms

+ 7%, No significant difference