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Das Gesundheitswesen · Oct 2008
Clinical Trial[Patient education in pulmonary rehabilitation: results of an implementation study].
Patient education is considered to be a major feature of medical rehabilitation in chronic disorders. While the substantial advances in the proposition of patient education programmes in in-patient health-care remain unquestioned, there are some deficits in actually performing such programmes in clinical practice. Only few clinics adhere to the protocol and recommendations for patient education. ⋯ There was a high level of acceptance among all staff members and patients. The entire programme causes costs of 97 euro per patient. The costs at the beginning of the implementation were higher than those for the routine use.