Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Indicator |
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Indicator type:![]() | Indicator |
Short name:![]() | Indicator 5c-Proportion of patients prescribed opioids for longer than three months for the management of pain associated with knee osteoarthritis |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 644310 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Standard 02/08/2017 |
Description:![]() | Proportion of patients prescribed opioids for longer than three months for the management of pain associated with knee osteoarthritis. |
Rationale:![]() | Opioids are associated with adverse events (including dependence), which are sometimes very serious (Nuesch et al. 2009). There are additional risks for older people, where the increased likelihood of a fall with opioid use can lead to serious fractures. |
Indicator set:![]() | Clinical care standard indicators: osteoarthritis of the knee Health, Standard 02/08/2017 |