Improving Pulmonary Rehabilitation Participation: It's Time to Examine the System

Valerie G Press¹, Linda Nici^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; and.
³ Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Editorial

Valerie G Press et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;21(12):1655-1656.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202410-1003ED.

Valerie G Press¹, Linda Nici^{2

3}

¹ Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; and.
³ Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Use of Pulmonary Rehabilitation after Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalization: An Analysis of Statewide Patient and Hospital Data.
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