Any Anticoagulating Drug in Combination With an Oral NSAID

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings

Primary Care

Country

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publishing Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Healthcare Quality and Outcomes (HCQO) indicators - Primary Care - Prescribing Indicators

Type of Quality Indicator

Outcome

IOM Quality Dimension

Safety

Setting-Specific Domain

Medications and Medication Management

Defining Attributes

Definition

Number of individuals who are long-term users of anticoagulating drugs with concomitant use of ≥ 1 prescription of NSAID.

Numerator

Number of individuals who are long-term users of anticoagulating drugs acenocoumarol (B01AA07) or warfarin (B01AA03) or phenprocoumon (B01AA04) or dabigatran (B01AE07) or rivaroxaban (B01AF01) or apixaban (B01AF02) or Edoxaban (B01AF03) with concomitant use of ≥ 1 prescription of NSAID (M01A or M01B). Note: individuals who are long-term users of anticoagulating drugs are defined as individuals who use >270 Defined Daily Doses (DDD) of the B01A codes listed

Denominator

Number of individuals who long-term users of ATC-codes acenocoumarol (B01AA07) or warfarin (B01AA03) or phenprocoumon (B01AA04) or dabigatran (B01AE07) or rivaroxaban (B01AF01) or apixaban (B01AF02) or Edoxaban (B01AF03). individuals who are long-term users of anticoagulating drugs are defined as individuals who use >270 Defined Daily Doses (DDD) of the B01A codes listed above. If prescribing database does not report DDD, derive indicator using >270 days of the B01A codes listed above.

Exclusions

Use of Risk Adjustment

Risk Adjustments

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection

Administrative data

Data Collection Methods

OECD

Frequency of Data Collection

Annually

Frequency of Data Collection in Days

365

Reporting Methods

Reporting Frequency

Annually

Reporting Frequency in Days

365

Indicator Has Recommended Targets

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/hcqi-primary-care.htm

Technical Specifications

www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Definitions-of-Health-Care-Quality-Outcomes.pdf

Link to Measurement Tools

Domain

Medication-Related

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)

Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed

Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?

Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.

Identified by PHARMA-Care Project

Upload Date

23 July 2025