Opioid analgesic stewardship: 2a - Proportion of patients who received opioid analgesics who had pain and functional assessments prior to being prescribed opioid analgesics
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Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | 2a - Proportion of patients who received opioid analgesics who had pain and functional assessments prior to being prescribed opioid analgesics |
METEOR identifier: | 755547 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2022 |
Description: | The proportion of patients who received opioid analgesics where the patient had both pain and functional assessments completed before being prescribed opioid analgesics and the outcomes of the assessments were documented in their medical record. |
Rationale: | Analgesic prescribing for a patient with acute pain should be guided by both its expected severity and assessment of patient-reported pain intensity and the impact of pain on the patient’s function. |
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