Antipsychotic Prescribing
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publishing Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): OECD Health At A Glance 2021 Dementia Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing
Defining Attributes
Definition
Antipsychotic prescribing. Most countries are unable to identify which prescriptions relate to people with dementia, so the antipsychotics indicator covers all people aged 65 and over
Numerator
All patients on the medications register with a prescription for a drug within ATC subgroup N05A
Denominator
The total number of people on the register
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Data provided by individual countries
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
OECD Health at a glance is published every two years and online on www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance_19991312
Reporting Frequency
Biennial
Reporting Frequency in Days
730
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025