Rehabilitation Coverage for Specific Population Groups

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
Accessibility

Defining Attributes

Definition

The proportion of people in a defined population group in need of rehabilitation who access adequate rehabilitation services. The population group could be, for instance, children with cerebral palsy or people with stroke or spinal cord injury. Access to adequate rehabilitation can also be defined, for example for children with cerebral palsy this may be enrolment in an early childhood intervention programme.

Numerator

Number of people in the country within a defined population group in need of rehabilitation who access rehabilitation.

Denominator

Total number of people in the country in that population group in need of rehabilitation.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By geographic area.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Method of measurement: Number of people in the country within a defined population group in need of rehabilitation who access rehabilitation/total number of people in the country within that population group in need of rehabilitation. Preferred data sources: Population surveys that estimate rehabilitation need in population groups, service data, condition registry.

Frequency of Data Collection
Depends on data source. If, for example, through population survey then every 5 years. If through practitioners keeping record, using informal list or registries then every 1–2 years.
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365-1826
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