Rehabilitation in Tertiary Hospitals

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
Resources

Defining Attributes

Definition

The proportion of tertiary hospitals in the country that have three or more rehabilitation professions working in them. The professions include the seven listed in the rehabilitation personnel indicator (core indicator 2). Countries can use their own definitions of "tertiary hospital", but such hospitals are generally understood to provide highly specialised care and may have teaching facilities. They typically range from 300–1500 beds and are often referred to as national, central or teaching hospitals. This measure is used as tracer criteria for availability of rehabilitation services

Numerator

Number of tertiary hospitals in the country with three or more rehabilitation professions.

Denominator

Total number of tertiary hospitals in the country.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

At national level this indicator can be adapted to only include government hospitals, or the number of professions may increase or decrease depending maturity of rehabilitation in the health system.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Total number of tertiary hospitals in the country with three or more rehabilitation professions present/total number of tertiary hospitals in the country x 100. Preferred data sources: Ministry of Health administrative data.

Frequency of Data Collection
Every 2 years
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods

Not applicable

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

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