Rehabilitation Workforce Expenditure
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of total expenditure on health workforce by public sources for rehabilitation. This includes salaries and excludes expenditure on workforce education (pre-service and professional development). Common rehabilitation workforce are physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors, rehabilitation nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, prosthetists and orthotists, and psychologists. Other rehabilitation occupational groups relevant to the country can also be included, for example audiologists, social workers and mid-level rehabilitation cadres.
Numerator
Total expenditure on rehabilitation workforce in a given financial year.
Denominator
Total expenditure on health workforce in a given financial year.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Numerator; by rehabilitation occupational group
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Preferred data source: ministry of health records (WHO National Health Workforce Accounts, indicator 7-01), ministry of finance records. Other data sources: Income tax data, national statistics office records.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
World Health Organization (WHO). Rehabilitation indicator menu. 2nd edition. 2023. Accessed September 2023. Available from: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240076440
Technical Specifications
Rehabilitation indicator menu 2023 2nd edition: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240076440