Medication and Management Issues

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Andrew et al. (2018)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Consumer Experience

Defining Attributes

Definition

Mean domain score

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Prescriptions, Ready to re-enter community, Education, Placement, Assurance of safety, Realistic expectations, Empowerment, Directed to appropriate services (PREPARED) questionnaire. The PREPARED questionnaire was developed by Grimmer and Moss in 1998 to assess the quality of discharge care planning from a patient perspective.9 PREPARED was designed as an objective measure of discharge quality and has been validated in an older general medical population that included patients with stroke.9 Quality scores are calculated across 4 domains: (1) support structures and information exchange; (2) medication and management issues; (3) concerns with community management and preparedness to deal with unexpected issues; and (4) control of discharge circumstances.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Andrew NE, Busingye D, Lannin NA, Kilkenny MF, Cadilhac DA. The Quality of Discharge Care Planning in Acute Stroke Care: Influencing Factors and Association with Postdischarge Outcomes. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Mar;27(3):583-590. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.09.043. Epub 2017 Oct 31. PMID: 29097058.

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025