The WHO Rehabilitation 2030 initiative states rehab should be integrated into which levels of care?

• A. Emergency departments only
• B. Primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings
• C. Community health centers only
• D. Outpatient clinics only

Answer: (B)

Rehabilitation is most effective when it’s woven into every step of the health system, not kept to one place. The idea is to provide rehab from the first point of contact in primary care, through more specialized services in secondary settings, to advanced, intensive rehab in tertiary care. This continuous integration ensures rehab can start early, adapt as a patient’s needs change, and be coordinated with all other treatments, leading to better function and participation in daily life.

If rehab were limited to a single setting, gaps would appear—early rehabilitation and prevention might be missed, hospital-based or specialized needs wouldn’t be covered, and coordination across different levels of care would suffer. So the best approach is to integrate rehabilitation across primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings.