Number of Missed Doses of Medicine in the First 7 Days Post Hospital Discharge or Percentage of Missed Doses From Total Prescribed Doses
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC): National baseline report on Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Medication-Related
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of missed doses of medicine in the first 7 days post hospital discharge or percentage of missed doses from total prescribed doses.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National baseline report on Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety – Phase 1: Residential aged care. Sydney: ACSQHC; 2021.
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
No
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
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
Yes
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026