Use of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After COPD Hospitalization: An Analysis of Statewide Patient and Hospital Data.
Whitney W FuKristin P HassettWassim W LabakiThomas S ValleyMichael P ThompsonPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2024)
Rates of PR initiation after COPD hospitalization are universally low across all hospitals, though there is some variation. Interventions targeted at patients alone are not sufficient to improve utilization. Hospital-based strategies to improve PR utilization after discharge, adapted from those being successfully used with cardiac rehabilitation, should be further explored.