Evidence That Care Plan Developed With the Team and Patient (or Family Alone if Patient Has Severe or Cognitive Impairments)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Stroke Foundation: National Stroke Audit
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Person-Centredness Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients admitted to stroke rehabilitation with evidence that care plan was developed with the team and patient (or family alone if patient has severe or cognitive impairments) (inferred).

Numerator

Number of patients with evidence that care plan developed with the team and patient (or family alone if patient has severe or cognitive impairments) (inferred).

Denominator

Number of patients admitted to stroke rehabilitation (inferred).

Exclusions

Only patients discharged alive.

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Data were collected using the Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT), an integrated, web-based data management system developed through a collaboration of programs and led by the Stroke Foundation and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health by auditors. AuSDaT was previously Australian Stroke Clinical Registry.

Frequency of Data Collection
Every 2 years
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods

National Stroke Audit every second year (i.e. 2018, 2020 etc.

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Stroke Foundation. National Stroke Audit: Rehabilitation Services Report 2020. Accessed Jun 2023. Available from: informme.org.au/media/drtlcbvp/rehabstrokeservicesreport2020.pdf.

Link to Measurement Tools

Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT) (Tool elements not publically reported. )

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
02 December 2025