Table 4.
Structure of the Template for Rehabilitation Information Collection
| Categories of Information | Types of Relevant Rehabilitation Information Sought |
|---|---|
| General country information | Population, socioeconomic profile, health strategy, disability strategy, or plan. |
| Rehabilitation needs | Information to inform the description of rehabilitation needs, including national injury data, communicable and noncommunicable disease specific data, vision, hearing, mental health data, country age structure, relevant health condition registries. |
| Leadership and governance | Rehabilitation-relevant policy, legislation, planning, coordination, regulation. Government (central administrative agency) capacity (personnel) for rehabilitation, user engagement, intersections with other health, disability, early childhood intervention strategies, etc. |
| Financing for rehabilitation | Overall expenditure for health and rehabilitation, health financing mechanisms, inclusion in funding packages, out-of-pocket costs for health, arrangements for contracting of rehabilitation providers. |
| Human resources for rehabilitation | Rehabilitation professions, number of personnel, training, workforce planning practices, remuneration. |
| Rehabilitation service delivery | Structured across levels of health care, specialized rehabilitation for complex needs, number of rehabilitation beds, and specialized programs; rehabilitation in tertiary, secondary, and primary care; rehabilitation delivered in the community. Rehabilitation across the phases of care, rehabilitation for children with developmental difficulties and disabilities, quality and safety features of rehabilitation. |
| Assistive technology | Assistive product governance and regulation, planning, financing mechanisms, expenditure, procurement, taxes and duties, availability, providers, service standards, and quality. |
| Rehabilitation infrastructure | Rehabilitation infrastructure, medical equipment, relevant rehabilitation medicines available. |
| Rehabilitation information | Rehabilitation data collected at different levels of health information systems, rehabilitation research. |
| Emergency preparedness | Services in high-risk areas and assistive product stockpiles, emergency preparedness actions undertaken. |