An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society policy statement: Enhancing implementation, use, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1373-1386

  Rochester, Carolyn L ^a   Vogiatzis, Ioannis ^a   Holland, Anne E ^a   Lareau, Suzanne C ^a   Marciniuk, Darcy D ^a   Puhan, Milo A ^a   Spruit, Martijn A ^a   Masefield, Sarah ^a   Casaburi, Richard ^a   Clini, Enrico M ^a   Crouch, Rebecca ^a   Garcia Aymerich, Judith ^a   Garvey, Chris ^a   Goldstein, Roger S ^a   Hill, Kylie ^a   Morgan, Michael ^a   Nici, Linda ^a   Pitta, Fabio ^a   Ries, Andrew L ^a   Singh, Sally J ^a   Troosters, Thierry ^a   Wijkstra, Peter J ^a   Yawn, Barbara P ^a   Richard, L ZuWallack ^a   Powell, Pippa ^a   Stahlberg, Bjorn ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Access; Chronic respiratory diseases; Healthcare; Policy; Pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948967244     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201510-1966ST     Document Type: Article

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