Community Rehabilitation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
New Zealand
Publishing Organisation
Ministry of Health, New Zealand: District Health Board Non-Financial Monitoring Framework and Performance Measures
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients who where discharged from hospital with a primary stroke diagnosis who is referred for community rehabilitation within 14 calendar days of hospital discharge, who are seen face to face by a member of the community rehabilitation team within 7 days of hospital discharge.

Numerator

Number of stroke patients referred for community rehabilitation who are seen face to face by a member of the community rehabilitation team (i.e. RN/PT/OT/SLT/SW/Dr/Psychologist) within 7 calendar days of hospital discharge.

Denominator

Number of patients discharged from hospital with a primary stroke diagnosis (i.e. ICD10 codes I61, I63 and I64) and referred for community rehabilitation within 14 calendar days of hospital discharge (as defined by MOH Minimum Expectations (see appendix two) for guidance).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Ethnicity (Maori).

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Ministry of Health, New Zealand. 2021/22 DHB non-financial monitoring framework and performance measures. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: web.archive.org/web/20240511082915/https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/pages/dhb-perf-measures-2122-october-update.docx.

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
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025