Indicator components
|
Prescribing practice
|
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1. Antibiotics in URTIs
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2. Benzodiazepines in elderly
|
3. Long-term PPIs
|
4. Antipsychotics in dementia
|
5. Antibiotics in bacteriuria
|
6. NSAIDs in elderly
|
7. Testosterone
|
8. Primary prevention in limited life
|
9. Antipsychotic polypharmacy
|
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Dispensing data
|
Patient demographicsa
| |
X
| |
X
| |
X
| |
X
| |
Initiation (date of dispensing)
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Discontinuationb
| | |
X
| | | | | | |
Concomitant useb
| | | | | | | | |
X
|
Switchingb
| | | | | | | | | |
Comorbidityb
| | | |
X
| | | |
X
| |
Fact of death
| | | | | | | |
X
| |
Prescribing data
|
Patient demographicsa
| |
X
| | | |
X
| | | |
Initiation
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Discontinuation
| | |
X
| | | | | | |
Concomitant use
| | | | | | | | |
X
|
Switching
| | | | | | | | | |
Indication stated by prescriber
|
X
| |
X
|
X
|
X
| |
X
|
X
| |
Test ordering
| | | | |
X
| |
X
| | |
Comorbidities
| | | |
X
| | | |
X
| |
Hospitalisation data
|
Co-morbidity (ICD-10 code)
| | | |
X
| | |
X
|
X
| |
Pathology data
|
Test results
| | | | |
X
| |
X
| | |
Death data
|
Date of death
| | | | | | | |
X
| |
Cancer data
|
Cancer diagnosis
| | | | | | | |
X
| |
- Prescribing practices correspond with exemplar practices listed in Table 3. An ‘X’ marks where a component indicator corresponds to a component within a prescribing practice
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aIncludes age, gender, geographic location of residence
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bProxy measures (i.e. the result of decision rules applied to existing variables)