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Download individual Quality Prescribing Indicators

Here, you can download individual prescribing indicators from our Quality Prescribing Indicators in Australian General Practice manual, to help you gain insight into aspects of your prescribing practice for quality improvement.

The indicators below are in Portable Document Format (PDF).

How to use the indicators

We recommend that you use the indicators as follows:

  1. Print indicator(s) to be examined and the corresponding results tables (different tables for structure and process indicators). (If using the hard copy of the manual, refer to the relevant pages of the indicator(s) to be examined).
  2. Collect data on the indicator(s) of choice and enter into results tables. Data can be collected on an individual level or at the practice level.
  3. Analyse findings (see hints for interpretation in each process indicator) and decide on action required. Discussion at practice meetings and comparison with data from other GPs in the practice may be useful.
  4. Implement changes to practice based on areas identified for improvement by the indicator(s) and on your objectives.
  5. Re-collect data after a reasonable time (e.g. 4 months) for change to take effect and again enter the data into the results tables.
  6. Examine changes to the data over time and decide whether further close monitoring is needed to improve quality or whether less frequent (e.g. yearly) monitoring is sufficient to maintain quality prescribing.

Contents

Note: the files below are in portable document format (PDF)

  • Introduction
    Background — types of indicators
    Development
    Evaluation and validation
    Using the indicators

Structure indicators

Structure indicators investigate whether you or your practice has policies and procedures in place that support the quality use of medicines. They do not measure whether these policies and procedures are adhered to.

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Process indicators

Process indicators evaluate how well a process is being carried out and can assess and quantify changes over time

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Date published: 2008-01-01 00:00:00

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