Start Date for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Offered Within 90 Days of Receipt of Referral for All People Referred With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
England, Scotland, Wales
Publishing Organisation
Royal College of Physicians: National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit Programme
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of people referred for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) that are enrolled and commenced within 3 months of receipt of referral.

Numerator

Number of accepted patients commencing within 3 months of receipt of referral.

Denominator

Number of patients referred for pulmonary rehabilitation who are accepted for treatment.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Written consent from patients. Data entry into online web tool.

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Reports.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

National Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Audit Programme (NACAP). Pulmonary rehabilitation 2019 audit: Report for COPD patients and their families and carers. Accessed August 3, 2023. Available from: nrap.org.uk/nrap/welcome.nsf/0/B5C50C7ECA8BE9F9802587B1003AF5AB/$file/PRCombinedAudit2019Patient_Report.pdf.

British Thoracic Society (BTS). Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Adults. Accessed August 3, 2023 [6 p.]. Available from: www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/quality-standards/pulmonary-rehabilitation/bts-quality-standards-for-pulmonary-rehabilitation-in-adults/.

Yohannes A, Stone R, Lowe D, Pursey N, Buckingham R, Roberts C. Pulmonary rehabilitation in the United Kingdom. Chronic respiratory disease. 2011;8(3):193-9.

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
12 March 2025