Rehabilitation Bed Density
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The total number of dedicated rehabilitation hospital beds per 10 000 population. Usually these beds are in rehabilitation hospitals, centres units and wards, and used for people with different kinds of underlying health conditions requiring more intensive and specialised rehabilitation care, including people requiring intensive rehabilitation following a mental health condition. This excludes intensive rehabilitation for clients in other wards (e.g. orthopaedic, paediatric or neurology wards) and intensive rehabilitation day programmes (see Expanded indicator 15).
Numerator
Total number of dedicated rehabilitation hospital beds.
Denominator
Total population (based on estimates from the World Bank or from the national office for statistics)
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Numerator and denominator, disaggregation by geographic region (subnational).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data from ministry of health
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Routine Health Information System (RHIS)
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
Link to Measurement Tools
Routine Health Information Systems (WHO standard facility indicator "Rehabilitation bed density" )