Rehabilitation – Timeliness Of Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients who commence a rehabilitation program within one day of being clinically ready for rehabilitation. Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre Indicator – Rehabilitation Inpatient Commencement Within 1 Day Of Clinical Readiness.
Numerator
Count of patients who commence a rehabilitation program within one day of being clinically ready for rehabilitation. A patient is "clinically ready for rehabilitation" when the rehabilitation physician, or physician with an interest in rehabilitation or delegate, deems the patient ready to start their rehabilitation program and have documented this in the patient's medical record. Record the date patient is ready for rehabilitation and not the data rehabilitation starts.
Denominator
Count of patients who commence rehabilitation on or after being clinically ready for rehabilitation.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Australian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) extract file provided by each LHN.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
SA Health Service Agreements 2023-2024. Not publicly reported based on current evidence.