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Table 4 Scores of prescribing quality indicators identified with different approaches

From: Methods to identify the target population: implications for prescribing quality indicators

Prescribing quality indicators (PQI)

Outcome of the PQI, %, (95% CI) numerator/denominator

 

Diagnostic code-based

Measurement-based

PQI-1 Prescription of any antihypertensive medication in hypertensive T2DM patients

93(90-95)

1412/1749

81 (78-83)

905/984

PQI-2 Prescription of beta blocker in hypertensive T2DM patients with a history of IHD or MI

65(57-72)

100/155

64 (56-72)

125/194

PQI-3 Prescription of metformin in overweight T2DM patients

65(59-72)

39/213

66(62-69)

1154/1767

  1. T2DM: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
  2. IHD: Ischaemic Heart Disease
  3. MI: Myocardial Infarction