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
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
No
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
No

Source and Reference Attributes

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