People Dispensed One or More Strong Opioid Medicines in a Year
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of people who had a community pharmacy dispensing of a strong opioid by year, by ethnic group, age group and gender.
Numerator
Number of people dispensed a strong opioid: morphine, fentanyl, methadone (excluding those using for substance abuse), oxycodone and pethidine
Denominator
Stats NZ resident population
Exclusions
Opioid substitution treatment was excluded by identifying people who had methadone dispensed every one, two or three days. People who met this criteria were excluded from further analysis. This method may incorrectly exclude people who had this pattern of dispensing for a different reason, however, a comparison between the number of people registered with the Ministry of Health as receiving opioid substitution treatment and the number of people excluded suggests this method is sufficiently accurate
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By year: 2011-2019, Ethnicity: Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, European/Other Age (years): 0–24, 25-64, 65–79 and 80+, Sex: F, M
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Pharmaceutical Collection, Stats NZ population projections