Final Discharge Disposition for Stroke Patients Following Inpatient Rehabilitation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Functional Change

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of stroke patients: discharged to their original place of residence; discharged to a long-term care facility or nursing home; requiring readmission to an acute care hospital for stroke-related causes; discharged back to the community who were residing in a community setting prior to their stroke (core).

Numerator

Number of stroke patients discharged to their original place of residence; Number discharged to a long-term care facility or nursing home; Number requiring readmission to an acute care hospital for stroke-related causes; Number of patients discharged back to the community who were residing in a community setting prior to their stroke (inferred).

Denominator

Number of stroke patients discharged (inferred).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Data should be correlated with stroke severity scores during analysis.

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Stroke Rehabilitation Unit Care. In: Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke [Internet]. 6th ed. 2019. Accessed May 2023. Available from: www.strokebestpractices.ca/recommendations/stroke-rehabilitation/stroke-rehabilitation-unit-care.

Link to Measurement Tools

Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (Not available)

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