Improving access to community-based pulmonary rehabilitation: 3R protocol for real-world settings with cost-benefit analysis

• Main Authors: Alda Marques (Author), Cristina Jácome (Author), Patrícia Rebelo (Author), Cátia Paixão (Author), Ana Oliveira (Author), Joana Cruz (Author), Célia Freitas (Author), Marília Rua (Author), Helena Loureiro (Author), Cristina Peguinho (Author), Fábio Marques (Author), Adriana Simões (Author), Madalena Santos (Author), Paula Martins (Author), Alexandra André (Author), Sílvia De Francesco (Author), Vitória Martins (Author), Dina Brooks (Author), Paula Simão (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has demonstrated patients' physiological and psychosocial improvements, symptoms reduction and health-economic benefits whilst enhances the ability of the whole family to adjust to illness. However, PR remains highly inaccessible due to lack of...