Rehabilitation Episode Intensity

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
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients with selected health condition who receive rehabilitation with appropriate intensity. The definition is operationalised through the selection of the health condition. For example, rehabilitation for hip fracture with surgical management in adults consists of mobilisation exercises most commonly delivered or overseen by a physiotherapist. It starts the day after surgery and the number of therapy sessions recommended is once a day while an inpatient.

Numerator

Total number of adults with hip fracture and surgical management that receive rehabilitation once a day while an inpatient.

Denominator

Total number of adult clients with hip fracture and surgical management.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Disaggregate by age, sex, geographical region, socioeconomic status

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Method of measurement: Total number of adult clients with hip fracture and surgical management who receive rehabilitation once a day while an inpatient in all facilities in the country per year/total number of adult clients with hip fracture and surgical management in all facilities in the country per year x 100. Method of estimation/variation: Rather than use the total population of hip fracture patients in the country, it is possible to sample a number of facilities in the country to generate an estimate of this indicator. Preferred data sources: Ministry of Health, health facility audits, health insurance databases. Other possible data sources and related links: Tertiary level hospitals or specialist rehabilitation facilities.

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