Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The average number of days that clients wait, between the Date Ready for Admission to the rehabilitation program and the actual date of admission.
Numerator
Total number of days spent waiting for admission for all clients admitted to an National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS)-participating inpatient rehabilitation facility that have a known Date Ready for Admission coded. Inclusions: Clients with a Date Ready for Admission coded as "known" Days spent waiting for admission may include a value of 0 days (that is, episodes in which Date Ready for Admission is the same as the Admission Date).
Denominator
Total number of clients admitted to an NRS-participating inpatient rehabilitation facility with a known Date Ready for Admission coded. Inclusions: Clients with a Date Ready for Admission coded as "known".
Exclusions
Numerator: Clients with an Admission Class Code (type of inpatient rehabilitation admission) coded as "(un)planned discharge without assessment". Denominator: Clients with an Admission Class Code (type of inpatient rehabilitation admission) coded as "(un)planned discharge without assessment".
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Rehabilitation Client Groups.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National Rehabilitation Reporting System.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
National Rehabilitation Reporting System.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation [indicator]. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/days-waiting-for-admission-to-inpatient-rehabilitation.
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). NRS Days Waiting for Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: www.cihi.ca/en/days-waiting-for-admission-to-inpatient-rehabilitation.
Technical Specifications
Quality indicator details: www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/days-waiting-for-admission-to-inpatient-rehabilitation
Data stratified by Rehabilitation Client Group: www.cihi.ca/en/days-waiting-for-admission-to-inpatient-rehabilitation