Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Uptake

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Queensland Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Services: Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of cardiac rehabilitation participants completing an initial assessment and participating in at least one education and/or exercise intervention

Numerator

Number of cardiac rehabilitation referrals that participate in an initial assessment and at least 1 education and/or exercise intervention

Denominator

Total number of cardiac rehabilitation referrals

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Registry

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods

Internal System

Reporting Frequency
As information in gathered in real time at each initial assessment using The Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry (QCOR).
Reporting Frequency in Days
1
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Queensland Health. Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services. In: Queensland Health, editor. Queensland, Australia 2023.

Technical Specifications

Document emailed to JS by Coordinator: Queensland Health. Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services. In: Queensland Health, editor. Queensland, Australia 2023.

Publically available site: Queensland Health. Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Reigstry. [August 3, 2023]; Available from: clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au/improvement-exchange/cardiac-outcomes-registry

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
23 July 2025