Outpatient-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD : A Cost of Illness Study

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) as recommended by COPD guidelines is a multimodality educational, self-management, supervised exercise program, resulting in improved symptom control, quality of life, and reduction of exacerbations, but there is a need to establish the affordability of PR for healthcar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	ISRN pulmonology 2011-01, Vol.2011 (2011), p.1-6
Hauptverfasser:	Chakravorty, I., Fasakin, C., Paine, T., Narasimhaiah, D., Austin, G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chronic illnesses Cost control Education Family physicians Health economics Hospitalization Hospitals Oxygen therapy Patient admissions Quality of life Rehabilitation Studies
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