Rehabilitation Service Utilisation

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
Resources

Defining Attributes

Definition

The number of cases accessing rehabilitation services at facility level per 10 000 population, categorised by health condition group (i.e. musculoskeletal disorders, neurologic disorders, mental disorders, sensory impairments, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer), over a reporting period. It includes in- and outpatients and people accessing services through telerehabilitation. This indicator excludes people accessing rehabilitation through outreach programmes; these are counted through the "Rehabilitation outreach uptake" indicator (Expanded indicator 21).

Numerator

Number of cases that receive rehabilitation services at facility level.

Denominator

Total population based on estimates from the World Bank or national office for statistics.

Exclusions

None

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

For numerator: health condition group, sex, age group, facility type (administrative level of care, public/private), in- and outpatient, geographic region. For denominator: geographic region.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Preferred data source: RHIS. Other possible data sources and related links: Rehabilitation service records, ministry of health administrative data source or national body charged with reporting on rehabilitation including service provision outside ministry of health HMIS (such as ministry of social affairs and other concerned ministries and private facilities).

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

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

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools

Routine Health Information Systems (WHO standard facility indicator "Rehabilitation service utilization")

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