Antipsychotic Medicine Dispensing/Antipsychotic Medicine Exposure
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing
Defining Attributes
Definition
Antipsychotic medicine dispensing/Antipsychotic medicine exposure. Antipsychotic medicine exposure was defined as at least one antipsychotic medicine dispensing for each financial year over the study period
Numerator
Number of people with at least one antipsychotic medicine dispensing for each financial year over the study period
Denominator
Number of person-days in each year
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Cations, M., Lang, C., Ward, S. A., Caughey, G. E., Crotty, M., Whitehead, C., . . . Inacio, M. C. (2021). Using data linkage for national surveillance of clinical quality indicators for dementia care among Australian aged care users. Scientific reports, 11(1), 10674.
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