Prescriptions

Figure 4.3 is an interactive map and bar chart showing variation in the dispensing of selected medications by SA4 region and sex for people in the dementia study cohort living in the community or living in residential aged care.

Figure 4.3: Percentage of people in the dementia cohort with polypharmacy or a medication management review, and dispensing of selected medications, by place of residence, SA4 region of residence and sex, 2019

Figure 4.3 is an interactive map and bar chart showing variation in the dispensing of selected medications by SA4 region and sex for people in the dementia study cohort living in the community or living in residential aged care. Data shown are the percentage of people with polypharmacy, hyper-polypharmacy, and people who were dispensed selected medications 4 or more times: dementia-specific, antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, opioids, cardiovascular and glucose regulating medications. There are 5 colour gradients. SA4s can be selected by state/territory and capital city.

Notes

  1. The dementia study cohort refers to 158,730 people aged 30 and over who were living in Australia in 2019 and had a dementia record in the NIHSI.
  2. The geographies in this report are based on where a person lived, not where they received services. Data are only presented for states/territories with hospital data in the NIHSI.  
  3. Data are shown for people who were dispensed selected medications 4 or more times. Data on people who were dispensed selected medications 1 or more times are in Data tables S3.1-S3.3.
  4. ‘Percentage’ is the proportion of people in the dementia cohort with at least one service recorded in the NIHSI in 2019.
  5. Age-standardised rates were calculated where population and service counts allowed (see Data tables S3.1 – S3.3).
  6. A region is blank if a value could not be published due to data quality or confidentiality concerns.

Data tables: Prescriptions dispensed to people in the dementia cohort

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