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Table 4 Clinical relevance to a general rehabilitation service.

From: Analysis of draft Australian rehabilitation service standards: comparison with international standards

VAS 0 = issue not addressed in the standard considered

100 = issue addressed in the maximum possible detail

Issue

VAS median

(range)

General staffing

95 (95–97)

Staffing establishment

95 (95–97)

Policies and procedures

95 (89–97)

Continuing education

93 (90–95)

Management of patient records

97 (95–97)

Quality activities

97 (97–97)

Facilities and equipment

97 (91–98)

Service provision

96 (91–97)

The rehabilitation team

97 (97–98)

Referral and assessment

95 (84–97)

Start of rehabilitation

97 (90–98)

Assessment and rehabilitation programme planning

97 (97–98)

Rehabilitation programme and co-ordination of the rehabilitation process

97 (97–98)

Discharge

97 (86–98)

Follow-up

97 (86–98)

Staff development/audit and training

87 (85–97)

Liaison with other healthcare services

98 (97–98)

Business practices

75 (65–87)

Rehabilitation process for the person served

97 (95–97)

Comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation programmes

97 (95–97)

Spinal cord system of care

24 (8–33)

Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs

24 (8–33)

Brain injury programs

24 (8–33)

Outpatient medical rehabilitation programmes

95 (94–97)

Home and community-based rehabilitation

95 (93–97)

Medical rehabilitation case management

70 (34–78)

Health enhancement programs

9 (2–10)

Pediatric family-centred rehabilitation programs

5 (2–9)

Occupational rehabilitation programs

9 (8–31)

Continuum of care

90 (80–95)

Leadership and management

90 (80–95)

Human resource management

88 (80–89)

Information management

88 (74–89)

Safe practice and environment

88 (80–91)

Improving performance

97 (90–98)