Fall Incidence Rate for Stroke Patients Admitted to Hospital (Acute Care or Rehabilitation)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: Canadian Stroke Best Practices
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Adverse Events
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Falls assessments are included as separate documentation in some organisations, and included in interdisciplinary clinical notes in others. The absence of documentation may not reflect whether or not assessments were done. 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. Falls Prevention and Management. In: Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke [Internet]. 6th ed. 2019. Accessed May 2023. Available from: www.strokebestpractices.ca/recommendations/stroke-rehabilitation/falls-prevention-and-management.
Technical Specifications
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
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025