Open Access<p>Predictors of Referral to Pulmonary Rehabilitation from UK Primary Care</p>
Author(s) -
Philip Stone,
Katherine Hickman,
Michael Steiner,
Christopher Roberts,
Jennifer K Quint,
Sally Singh
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.s273336
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , referral , bronchiectasis , asthma , comorbidity , cohort , pulmonary rehabilitation , depression (economics) , physical therapy , family medicine , lung , economics , macroeconomics
A large proportion of people with COPD are not referred to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) despite its proven benefits. No previous studies have examined predictors of referral to PR.