The Percentage of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia on QOF Only, Whose Care Has Been Reviewed in the Previous 15 Months
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Scotland
Publishing Organisation
Scotland Dementia Benchmarking Toolkit
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of the total applicable patients on the dementia registers whose care has been reviewed in the previous 15 months.
Numerator
Number of patients reviewed within 15 months
Denominator
Total applicable QOF dementia register size.
Exclusions
Reasons why a patient might be exception reported include: - the treatment not being clinically appropriate for the patient, the patient not attending for treatment, the patient refusing to have the treatment, or the patient only having been diagnosed/registered with the practice very recently.
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data is from Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026