• Respiratory care · May 2024

    Barriers to Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

    • Carolyn L Rochester.
    • Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and Yale COPD Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Carolyn.rochester@yale.edu.
    • Respir Care. 2024 May 28; 69 (6): 713723713-723.

    AbstractPulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is one of the most effective therapies for chronic respiratory diseases, yet it is significantly underutilized. There are several patient-related, geographic, societal, and health system-related barriers to PR. People with chronic respiratory disease face a collectively high burden of treatments including health care provider visits, medications, oxygen and other durable medical equipment, and providers' recommendation to undertake PR may be considered an added burden more than a likely benefit. Transportation difficulties, lack of insurance coverage, competing time priorities, low knowledge of PR, lack of perceived likely benefit, comorbidities, and other factors also pose obstacles to participation in PR for patients. Geographic availability of PR is heterogenous; in the United States, out-patient center-based PR programs are often not available within close proximity to patients' residence, posing barriers to patients' access to it. PR programs are lacking altogether in many areas; rural areas are particularly affected. Existing PR programs are often poorly funded and underresourced. Socioeconomic and racial disparities also influence patients' likelihood of receiving PR. Also, health care professionals (HCPs) often do not refer their patients with chronic respiratory disease to PR, owing to a lack of knowledge and awareness of its content and benefits, patient candidacy, or of the referral process. A limited number of multidisciplinary HCPs trained in PR likely also contributes to limited access to PR for patients. Collectively, these multifaceted barriers to PR create unacceptable health care disparities. Strategies to address barriers to PR are urgently needed in order to enable individuals who need to receive it.Copyright © 2024 by Daedalus Enterprises.

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