Table 2 Main themes of quality and corresponding quality domains. Results of the first two voting rounds

Facilities and equipment [15] [25, 29,30,31]

Arena, universal design

S^a

Environment

focus on rehabilitation

S

stimulating, supportive, accessible

S

Equipment

appropriate and sufficient

S

of high quality

S

Rehabilitation professionals; education, training and experience, skills, dedication and motivation, staffing ratio [15, 25, 29,30,31,32]

Minimum number of professions

S

Access to professions outside ordinary staff

S

Adequate staffing

P^b

Admission an discharge criteria [15, 25, 31, 33]

Admission criteria

S

Discharge criteria

S

Defined patient target group

*

S

Systematic biopsychosocial assessment of the patient [15, 20, 25, 29,30,31, 34, 35]

Use of

validated assessment instruments

*

S

instruments covering physical, mental and social aspects

*

P

Multi professional assessment at

admission

S

discharge

S

Bio-psycho-social assessment at

admission

S

discharge

S

Initial bio-psycho-social assessment

**

P

The intervention; patient education, exercises, assistive devices, medication. User involvement in the rehabilitation process [15, 20, 25, 29,30,31, 34,35,36]

Procedure for patient participation in

planning and evaluating the

**

S

rehabilitation process

goal setting

**

S

Patient participated in

planning the intervention

**

P

goal setting

**

P

Procedure for

individual written rehabilitation plan

**

S

regular team meetings with patients

*

S

written individual plan for follow-up

*

S

Patient received

a written rehabilitation plan

**

P

a written individual plan for follow-up

*

P

Weekly evaluation of the rehabilitation plan

P

Team meetings with possibility for the patient, next of kin and external personnel to participate

*

P

Length of rehabilitation stay

P

Health Related Quality of Life

Restored or improved function in ADL

Ability to return to pre-event dwelling

Successful involvement in school, work, leisure and social activities [25, 29, 31, 34, 37, 38]

Improvement in HRQoL^d

*

O^c

Improvement in function

**

O

Goal attainment

**

O

Satisfied with the rehabilitation

*

O

Health complications or negative events

*

O