Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults - Rate 3
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who were ordered at least two high-risk medications from the same drug class. 3. Total rate (the sum of the two numerators divided by the denominator, deduplicating for patients in both numerators).
Numerator
Total rate (the sum of the two previous numerators, deduplicated).
Denominator
Patients 65 years and older at the end of the measurement period who had a visit during the measurement period
Exclusions
Exclude patients who are in hospice care for any part of the measurement period. Exclude patients receiving palliative care for any part of the measurement period. For patients with two or more benzodiazepine prescriptions ordered, exclude patients who have a diagnosis of seizure disorders, rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, benzodiazepine withdrawal, ethanol withdrawal, or severe generalised anxiety disorder on or between January 1 of the year prior to the measurement period and the IPSD for benzodiazepines.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data electronically extracted from electronic health records (EHR) and/or health information technology (IT) systems
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Data not public available