Rehabilitation Intensity

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Australia, New Zealand
Publishing Organisation
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS): Clinical Indicators Version 7
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients that averaged at least two hours of active therapist supervised practice per day, across their active rehabilitation days, during the 6 month time period.

Numerator

Number of patients that averaged at least two hours of active therapist supervised practice per day, across their active rehab days, during the 6 month time period.

Denominator

Number of patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit, during the 6 month time period.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

All organisations are stratified into public / private categories and type of rehabilitation care: • Category 1: Rehabilitation service provided by allied health professionals under the clinical supervision of the referring medical officer. • Category 2: Rehabilitation service providing rehabilitation within a particular medical speciality such as orthopaedics, geriatrics or cardiology and is under the direction of an appropriate qualified specialist. • Category 3: Rehabilitation service under the direction of a Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist and providing a full range of rehabilitation services.

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Including all patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit/facility. Interrogation of hospital records. NOTE: AROC has built these items into the inpatient data set for this information to be recorded against, effective from 11th October 2021. Data to be entered into AOS system for AROC.

Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods

6 monthly reporting periods (1 Jan to 30 June where reporting data closes Feb 14 and 1 July to 31 Dec where reporting data closes Aug 14

Reporting Frequency
Six-monthly comparative reports. Australasian Clinical Indicator Report (published annually).
Reporting Frequency in Days
182
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI). Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Clinical Indicators Version 7 - AROC resources and information. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: ahsri.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AD/pages/17268753/ACHS+Clinical+Indicators+Version+7+-+AROC+resources+and+information.

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools

ACHS Performance Indicator Reporting Tool (PIRT ONLINE) (Tool elements not publically reported. )

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