Rehabilitation Bed Density

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
World Health Organization
Publishing Organisation
World Health Organization (WHO): Rehabilitation Indicator Menu
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Resources

Defining Attributes

Definition

The total number of rehabilitation beds per capita that are specifically reserved for rehabilitation clients. These are commonly in rehabilitation hospitals, centres, units and wards, and used for people requiring more intensive and specialised rehabilitation care.

Numerator

Total number of rehabilitation beds.

Denominator

Total population.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

This can also include the number of funded places in a rehabilitation day programme. See limitations below and expanded indicator (EI)13.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Total number of rehabilitation beds/total population of country x 10 000. Preferred data sources: Data from Ministry of Health.

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