The percentage of rehabilitation occupational groups that have regulation processes. This includes licensing, registration and credentialling processes. The number of occupational groups working in the country that need regulation processes are defined at country level. Common rehabilitation personnel 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. The licensing, registration, credentialling processes for health personnel are governed by specific regulations and laws in each country. These are formal, documented processes that may be specific to rehabilitation personnel or part of wider health personnel licensing, registration processes.

Number of rehabilitation occupational groups that have professional licensing, registration and credentialling processes.

Total number of rehabilitation occupational groups working in the country.

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Numerator: disaggregation by regulatory process: licensing, registration and credentialling process.

Preferred data source: Regulatory bodies. Other possible sources: National health workforce database.

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