Rehabilitation in health systems
Global trends in health and ageing require a major scaling up of rehabilitation services in countries around the world and in low- and middle-income countries in particular. Strengthening service delivery and ensuring it is adequately financed is fundamental to ensuring that rehabilitation is available and affordable for those who need it. This document provides evidence-based, expert-informed recommendations and good practice statements to support health systems and stakeholders in strengthening and extending high-quality rehabilitation services so that they can better respond to the needs of populations.
The priorities for research include:
• system-level research on rehabilitation, including the types and impacts of different service delivery models, governance structures and financial allocation and distribution;
• cost–benefit analysis of rehabilitation;
• rehabilitation workforce development, including approaches to training, distribution and scaling-up;
• the rehabilitation needs of populations throughout the lifespan and health conditions and impairment;
• cultural and contextual considerations for rehabilitation service delivery;
• facilitators and barriers to accessing rehabilitation; and
• development of a standardised measure of the impact of rehabilitation.
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