Open Access<p>Effectiveness and Economic Evaluation of Hospital-Outreach Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease</p>
Author(s) -
Aidi Zhang,
Lianhong Wang,
Lu Long,
Jin Yan,
Chun Liu,
Song Zhu,
Xiaowan Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s239841
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary rehabilitation , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , quality of life (healthcare) , emergency department , rehabilitation , emergency medicine , psychosocial , nursing , psychiatry
Hospital-outreach pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can improve health status and reduce health-care utilization by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, its long-term effects and costs versus benefits are still not clear. This study was conducted to develop, deliver, and evaluate the effects and monetary savings of a hospital-outreach PR program for patients with COPD.