Timely Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Commencement

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

Proportion of patients receiving an initial assessment and the first cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program intervention within 35 days of referral date.

Numerator

Number of patients receiving an initial assessment and the first Cardiac Rehabilitation program intervention within 35 days of referral date.

Denominator

Number of patients receiving an initial assessment and the first Cardiac Rehabilitation program intervention.

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