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An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Policy Statement: Enhancing Implementation, Use, and Delivery of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Carolyn L Rochester ,
Ioannis Vogiatzis ,
Anne E Holland ,
Suzanne C Lareau ,
Darcy D Marciniuk ,
Milo A Puhan ,
Martijn A Spruit ,
Sarah Masefield ,
Richard Casaburi ,
Enrico M Clini ,
Rebecca Crouch ,
Judith Garcia-Aymerich ,
Chris Garvey ,
Roger S Goldstein ,
Kylie Hill ,
Michael Morgan ,
Linda Nici ,
Fabio Pitta ,
Andrew L Ries ,
Sally J Singh ,
Thierry Troosters ,
Peter J Wijkstra ,
Barbara P Yawn ,
Richard L ZuWallack
Dec 1 2015
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Abstract
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has demonstrated physiological, symptom-reducing, psychosocial, and health economic benefits for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, yet it is underutilized worldwide. Insufficient funding, resources, and reimbursement; lack of healthcare professional, payer, and patient awareness and knowledge; and additional patient-related barriers all contribute to the gap between the knowledge of the science and benefits of PR and the actual delivery of PR services to suitable patients.