Functioning Change Over Episode

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
World Health Organization
Publishing Organisation
World Health Organization (WHO): Rehabilitation Indicator Menu
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Functional Change

Defining Attributes

Definition

Average total change in the functioning assessment score from admission or commencement to discharge or completion of the rehabilitation episode. An episode is defined as care provided by the health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem, condition, or diagnosis, from commencement to completion or discharge from care.

Numerator

Average (mean) change in functioning from initial rehabilitation assessment to discharge.

Denominator

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is episodes with functioning assessment score at admission or commencement as well as at discharge or completion of the rehabilitation episode.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By ICD code, or other national health condition or care coding. This information enables comparisons across facilities that support clinical benchmarking. This information can be analysed alongside average length of episode to provide information related to efficiency of services.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Electronic/paper chart records
Data Collection Methods

Method of measurement: The total of the change in functioning from initial rehabilitation assessment to discharge/ total episodes, disaggregated by health condition group. Preferred data sources: Data extracted from discharge summary by facility or programme. Facility level reporting system through the Ministry of Health DHMIS, or national body charged with reporting on rehabilitation including facilities outside Ministry of Health DHMIS (such as private facilities or other ministries).

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
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
02 December 2025