newly-dispensed-opioid-CHC-FHT - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Percentage of non-palliative care patients newly dispensed an opioid - CHC/FHT

Alternate Name

Percentage of non-palliative care patients newly dispensed an opioid - CHC/FHT

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of non-palliative patients newly dispensed an opioid prescribed by any provider in the health care system within a 6-month reporting period.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Safe

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator / Denominator x 100%

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Patients newly dispensed an opioid within a 6-month reporting period prescribed by any provider in the health care system.

New opioid dispenses are defined using a 6-month washout period, i.e., no opioid prescription dispensed within 6 months of the first opioid prescription dispensed in the reporting period.

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Patients/clients assigned (rostered & virtually rostered) to the organization for the specific reporting period.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Narcotics Monitoring System (NMS), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)

Data provided to HQO by

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

Dispensed prescriptions don’t always reflect actual use.

Comments Summary

Data was calculated and provided to Health Quality Ontario by Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Sign up for Health Quality Ontario’s MyPractice: Primary Care Reports available for FHTs and CHCs. Community Health Centre Practice Profiles are available through the Alliance for Healthier Communities (CHC only)