Medication-review - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Medication review

Alternate Name

Percentage of people aged 16 and older who, in the last year, reviewed their prescription medications with their primary care provider (i.e.a family doctor, a general practitioner or GP, or nurse practitioner)

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they reviewed or discussed the prescription medication(s) they are using with their primary care provider (i.e. a family doctor, a general practitioner or a nurse practitioner).

Indicator Status

Active

HQO Reporting tool/product

Public reporting

Dimension

Patient-centred, Safe

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator divided by the denominator times 100

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Weighed number of people surveyed who answer "yes" to the following survey question:

In the last 12 months, has your provider reviewed and discussed with you the prescription medicine(s) you are using?

- Yes (includes reviewed, discussed or both)

- No

- Don’t know

- Refused

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Weighted number of respondents who stated that they take prescription medication by answering the following survey question:

Are you taking any prescription medicines on a regular or on-going basis?

Yes
No
Don't know
Refused

Exclude:

Responses for No, Don't know and Refused

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

None

Data Source

Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Age, Education, Immigration, Income, Language, Region, Rurality, Sex

RESULT UPDATES

Indicator Results

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OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

Only people aged 16 years and older can complete the survey. People living in institutions, non-residential phone numbers, and people with invalid/missing household addresses in the Registered Persons Database (RPDB) are not captured. Respondents who were unable to speak English or French or were not healthy enough (physically or mentally) to complete the interview were not surveyed. This indicator does not capture medication review with a pharmacist

Comments Detailed

The results are weighted to account for the design characteristics of the survey and post-stratified by age and sex to reflect Ontario population. References ‘your provider in the questionnaire can mean a family doctor, GP, nurse practitioner, or anyone else the respondent said they get their primary care from. The education stratification analysis is restricted to people aged 25 and older. This indicator was selected by the PCPM prioritization group with the stipulation that when reporting this indicator, an equity cross-cut would be the focus of attention. The HCES is a quarterly survey of a random sample of the Ontario population 16 years and older, conducted on behalf of the MOHLTC by the Institute for Social Research at York University.