Percentage of facilities offering rehabilitation with at least one staff member who has received related professional development training in the last 2 years. This only includes trainings that have come with a certification and excludes professional development activities such as department activities or scientific sessions at conferences. Training may be for any aspect of rehabilitation care. Common rehabilitation staff are 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.

Number of facilities with at least one rehabilitation staff that has received certified professional development training in past 2 years.

Total number of facilities offering rehabilitation services.

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Geographical region, facility type (administrative level of care), rehabilitation occupational group.

Preferred data source: HHFA or audit (WHO HHFA Rehabilitation care readiness indicator 3.6.2.2.2). Other possible sources: Academic institutions, professional associations registers, data from health facilities (routine administrative records).

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