The proportion of admitted and emergency department patients where the patient physically departed from the hospital with a supply or prescription of opioid analgesics whose medication management plan was given to the patient or carer on departure. The medication management plan describes why opioid analgesics are prescribed and how to reduce and stop taking them.

Number of patients in the denominator where a medication management plan was given to the patient and/or their carer upon their physical departure from hospital.

Number of patients who physically departed from the hospital with a supply or prescription of opioid analgesics.

Intended to support health service organisations to monitor how well they are implementing the care recommended in this clinical care standard. Some data can be sourced from existing routine collections including local administrative data collections. Other data will need to be collected through prospective collections or retrospective medical record audits.

Indicators are intended to support local quality improvement activities

Clinical care standard indicators: Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain - Acute care edition meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/755544 meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/755578

Developed these indicators to support health service organisations to monitor implementation of the care described in the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard - Acute care edition (ACSQHC 2022). The indicators included in this specification are a tool to support local clinical quality improvement and may be used to support other quality assurance and peer review activities.