Rehabilitation Integrated Into Health Plans

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
Governance

Defining Attributes

Definition

The number of specific health plans that include rehabilitation. This means rehabilitation is included in the context of actions – i.e. it is not only mentioned in the background text. It does not include internal operational plans, only the high-level, national or subnational specific health plans such as national plans for mental health, older people, vision, hearing, noncommunicable disease and early childhood/nurturing care.

Numerator

Number of specific health plans that include rehabilitation.

Denominator

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is high-level, national or subnational specific health plans such as national plans for mental health, older people, vision, hearing, noncommunicable disease and early childhood/nurturing care.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Some countries have a decentralised government with many subnational plans for multiple areas of health; this indicator could be disaggregated by geographic/administrative region.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Every 2 years
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

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
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