Average of waiting days until the first rehabilitation session. This includes all waiting days, including weekends and holidays, for new outpatients from the time of contact in arranging an appointment (whether made in-person, by telephone or online) to the first encounter with a rehabilitation health care worker. Common rehabilitation workers include physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors, rehabilitation nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, prosthetists and orthotists, and psychologists. Other rehabilitation occupational groups relevant to the country can also be included, for example, audiologists, social workers and mid-level rehabilitation cadres.

Total of waiting days until the first rehabilitation session for new outpatient cases

Number of new outpatient cases

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Numerator and denominator: facility type (administrative level of care), rehabilitation occupational group, geographical region.

Preferred data source: RHIS (WHO standard facility indicator "Rehabilitation waiting time"). Other possible sources: Administrative data from facilities

World Health Organization (WHO). Rehabilitation indicator menu. 2nd edition. 2023. Accessed September 2023. Available from: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240076440

Rehabilitation indicator menu 2023 2nd edition: www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240076440/ Routine Health Information System (RHIS): www.who.int/publications/m/item/routine-health-information-systems--rehabilitation-toolkit--information-sheet