Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait Times and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator provides the average number of days that clients wait between the Date Ready for Admission to a rehabilitation program and the actual date of admission.
Numerator
Total number of days spent waiting for admission for all clients admitted to an NRS-participating inpatient rehabilitation facility that have a known Date Ready for Admission coded.
Denominator
Total number of clients admitted to an NRS-participating inpatient rehabilitation facility with a known Date Ready for Admission coded.
Exclusions
Clients with an Admission Class Code (type of inpatient rehabilitation admission) coded as "(un)planned discharge without assessment".
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Electronic/paper chart records
Data Collection Methods
National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
Yes
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025