Percentage of eligible inpatients who were referred to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and who enrol in CR within 30 days after hospital discharge.

The total number of eligible inpatients enrolled in the CR Program within 30 calendar days post-discharge for any of the qualifying conditions or interventions: • Acute coronary syndrome; o Acute Myocardial Infarction (STEMI, non-STEMI); o Unstable angina; • Percutaneous coronary intervention; • Coronary artery bypass surgery; Enrolment is defined as patient attendance at a first CR program visit.

The total number of eligible inpatients (see numerator) enrolled in the CR Program.

Denominators, Exclusions: • CR Eligible Patients with a documented medical reason for non-referral, such as comorbid life-threatening condition, serious mental illness, or inability to ambulate. • CR Eligible Patients with a documented patient-centred reason for non-referral. • Patient being discharged to long-term care facility or inpatient rehabilitation.

Electronic medical records, retrospective chart review, prospective flow sheets, Provincial and territorial hospital discharge abstract databases, CIHI hospital database, and/or cardiac registries.

Grace SL, Poirier P, Norris CM, Oakes GH, Somanader DS, Suskin N. Pan-Canadian development of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention quality indicators. Can J Cardiol. 2014;30(8):945-8.

Original references: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X14002335?via%3Dihub#appsec3

Extracted data from supplementary material. ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0828282X14002335-mmc1.pdf

Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry (Cardiologica)