An episode is defined as care provided by the health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem, condition or diagnosis, from commencement to completion or discharge from care. Clients may have one or more consecutive episodes if the condition or diagnosis changes. This could then entail a discharge for the first condition and commencement for new condition. It is common for health financing schemes to also have definitions that may be used. The length of the rehabilitation episode is the mean of the total number of episode days divided by the number of episodes. This information is mostly categorised by the ICD code or national health condition or care coding (diagnostic reference group), and generally collated for selected health conditions.

Mean length in days of rehabilitation episodes categorised by ICD code in all facilities in the country per year (using national health coding system).

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is all rehabilitation episodes (inferred).

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Disaggregated by ICD code, by inpatient episodes and by nature of service, e.g tertiary hospital inpatient, outpatient, day programme placement, community delivered rehabilitation. This is also important for comparison across facilities and districts.

Method of measurement: Total number of days per episode/number of episodes. Preferred data sources: Data extracted from discharge summaries from facilities/programmes. Facility level reporting system through the Ministry of Health DHMIS, or national body charged with reporting on rehabilitation, including facilities outside Ministry of Health DHMIS (such as private facilities or from other ministries).

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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.

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

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)