Proportion of Active Substance-Based Prescriptions Out of Prescriptions Issued for Hypertensive Patients of All Risk Levels
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of active substance-based prescriptions prescribed for insured patients in the family physicians' list with diagnoses I10 to I15 out of issued prescriptions.
Numerator
The number of hypertensive patients of all risk levels with an active substance-based prescription.
Denominator
All patients with all grades of severity who have been forwarded by the Health Insurance Fund in the current (reviewed) year, who are in the list of patients with chronical illnesses with a diagnosis of I10-I15 (ODC -10 codes) and who have been prescribed a medication with the hypertension medicines (clinical guideline).
Exclusions
The following cases are excluded; if according to the population register, the person has left Estonia (lives abroad) or the corresponding diagnosis of chronic illness is on the treatment invoice only with the extension "0 - diagnosis unspecified".
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Medical prescription database
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported by country on OECD. Stat stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=51881
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Merilind et al. Pay for performance of Estonian family doctors and impact of different practice- and patient-related characteristics on a good outcome: A quantitative assessment