Why the study?
Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs provide important services to hospitalized patients, but little is known about their utilization or practice patterns.
What is the utilization rate and availability of inpatient cardiac rehabilitation during acute cardiac hospitalizations in the US?
Population
1 343 537 admissions with a qualifying diagnosis for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation across 458 US hospitals
Design
Retrospective multicenter cross-sectional observational study
Authors
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ICR availability and utilization remain low across US hospitals; leaves open the need for research on barriers and implementation to improve secondary prevention.
What is the utilization rate and availability of inpatient cardiac rehabilitation during acute cardiac hospitalizations in the US?
Inpatient cardiac rehabilitation is significantly underutilized and unavailable in over half of US hospitals, representing a major gap in secondary prevention.
Pack et al. (2019) studied this question.
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