You Said You Did Not Always Follow the Instructions When You Took the Medication. Please Tell Us Why
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This measure provides detail on the reasons why patients did not always follow the instructions when taking medication. The response options were: (1) Cost, (2) I experienced side effects, (3) I forgot, (4) I felt better, (5) Other.
Numerator
Number of responses for each option; Cost, I experience side effects, I forgot, I felt better, Other.
Denominator
Respondents who reported they did not always follow the instructions when taking medication.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age-standardisation of the weighted scores [uses the population structure who attended primary care in each DHB and compares this with the sample structure (i.e., those who responded to the survey). This creates a co-efficient that is applied to the results of the survey].
Stratifications
By year: 2018, 2019 Ethnicity: Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, Other Age: 15–24, 25–44, 45–64, 65–74, 75 and over Gender: F, M
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National primary care patient experience survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
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