Assistive Product Coverage of Specific Population Groups

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
International
Publishing Organisation
World Health Organisation (WHO): Rehabilitation Indicator Menu
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

The proportion of people in a defined population group in need of assistive products who actually have the assistive product. The population group that needs an assistive product is defined operationally through the available mechanisms – either a population survey or clinically by practitioners.

Numerator

Number of people within a specific population group in the country who need and have an assistive product.

Denominator

Number of people in that population group in the country who need an assistive product.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By age, geographic area, gender.

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Method of measurement: Number of people within a specific population group in the country who need an assistive product and have one/number of people in that population group in the country who need an assistive product x 100. Preferred data sources: Population surveys. Accurate practitioners records.

Frequency of Data Collection
Depends on data source. If survey every 5 years, if clinically by practitioners then every 1–2 years.
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365-1826
Reporting Methods

Not applicable

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

World Health Organization (WHO). Rehabilitation indicator menu: a tool accompanying the Framework for Rehabilitation Monitoring and Evaluation (‎FRAME)‎. 2019. Accessed December 2022. Available from: apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330955. World Health Organization (WHO). Guidance on the analysis and use of routine health information systems: rehabilitation module. 2022. Accessed December 2022. Available from: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050242.

Technical Specifications

Rehabilitation indicator menu 2019: apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330955. Guidance on the analysis and use of routine health information systems:rehabilitation module 2022: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050242

Link to Measurement Tools

Rehabilitation Indicator Menu tool for Rehabilitation Monitoring and Evaluation (FRAME) to enable countries to adopt core indicators & select and adopt relevant expanded indicators. (Not Applicable)

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
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025