Codeine

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Sweden
Publishing Organisation
Swedish Dementia Registry (SveDem)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing

Defining Attributes

Definition

Codeine

Numerator

Number of people using the drug

Denominator

Number of people

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data, Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

All data in the National Prescribed Drug Register come from the Swedish eHealth Agency. All retailers selling pharmaceuticals are obliged to report sales data to the Swedish eHealth Agency. In addition, pharmacies are required to provide additional information to the eHealth Agency when a prescribed drug is dispensed. The eHealth Agency, in turn, submits data on dispensed prescriptions to the National Board of Health and Welfare.

Frequency of Data Collection
Reports must be compiled monthly, but may be submitted on a monthly or quarterly basis. Online data submission using online form or uploading file.
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
30
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Rangfast, I., Sonnerstam, E., & Gustafsson, M. (2022). Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications among old people with major neurocognitive disorder in 2012 and 2017. BMC Geriatr, 22(1), 544. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03240-y

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