Percentage of Seniors on Public Drug Programs With Accepted Claims
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
The rate of seniors who have submitted claims that have been accepted by public drug programs.
Numerator
Total number of seniors with at least one claim accepted by a public drug program.
Denominator
Total population of seniors
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Age-sex-adjusted
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data, Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
National Prescription Drug Utilisation Information System (NPDUIS) Database
Frequency of Data Collection
Whenever required for analytical product or data request
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
CIHI Drug Use Among Seniors on Public Drug Programs in Canada report
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
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
Yes
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