Why the study?
Does home-based cardiac rehabilitation reduce hospitalizations at 12 months compared to center-based cardiac rehabilitation in a demographically diverse, medically complex population?
Does home-based cardiac rehabilitation reduce hospitalizations at 12 months compared to center-based cardiac rehabilitation in a demographically diverse, medically complex population?
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation may be an effective alternative to center-based programs, potentially reducing hospitalizations even in higher-risk, medically complex patients.
Should not yet change practice; leaves open a causal benefit of home-based CR in complex patients.
According to this study: In a demographically diverse population, including higher risk, medically complex patients, participation in home-based cardiac rehabilitation was associated with fewer hospitalizations at 12 months compared with center-based cardiac rehabilitation.
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Karen Rosenberg (2022) studied this question.
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