Antibiotic Use
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA): Residential Aged Care Outcome Monitoring System
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Infection Control
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of residents dispensed an antibiotic.
Numerator
Number of residents dispensed least one antibiotic for systemic use.
Denominator
Number of residents.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, number of health conditions.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Claims based data. (PBS medication data).
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Published publicly annually at national level. Individualised home care provider specific reports with benchmarks provided privately (to providers with more than 20 recipients ) for South Australia only annually.
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Inacio M, et al. The Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Outcome Monitoring System: Quality and Safety Indicators for Aged Care. International Journal of Quality in Health Care. 2020, 32(8):502-510.
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
12 March 2025
Actions
Date Modified 12 March 2025