Cardiac Rehab Participation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Foundation for Health Care Quality: Cardiovascular Surgery Care Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

Proportion of patients who participated in 1 or more cardiac rehab session following discharge

Numerator

Number of patients who participated in 1 or more cardiac rehab sessions following discharge

Denominator

Total number of patients enrolled in cardiac rehab sessions following discharge

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Aligned data collection with the American College of Cardiology for PCI data, and with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for adult cardiac surgery data

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Foundation for Health Care Quality. Cardiovascular Surgery Care Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP) Quality Indicators. Accessed April 2023. Available from: www.qualityhealth.org/coap/coap-quality-indicators/. Foundation for Health Care Quality. Cardiac Care Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP). Accessed April 2023. Available from: www.qualityhealth.org/coap/improving-quality/.

Technical Specifications
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