Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Readmission Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Clinical trials outside of the United States have assessed whether pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) decreases readmission rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated if PR was associated with lower readmission risk for Medicare patients hospitalized for COPD.

Methods

We identified adults enrolled in Medicare hospitalized for COPD exacerbation from a random sample of 5 million Medicare beneficiaries (2010-2012). Patients received PR if they attended ≥1 outpatient session. A cohort was identified to study non-elective, 30-day all-cause readmissions; a subcohort was identified to study 1-year all-cause readmissions. We used stabilized inverse probability weights to balance groups by patient demographics, comorbidities, frailty, smoking status,

SUBMITTER: Myers LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686849 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature