[Continuity and the quality of medical care for the cardiac patient: cardiac rehabilitation and its interfaces to acute care (phase I) and the process of coming back (phase III)].
Cardiac rehabilitation plays a pivotal role in the care for cardiac patients. Yet without sufficient continuity in the care process, the good results achieved in the different stages of therapy and recovery may not last. The aim of this contribution is to highlight the interfaces of cardiac rehabilitation in regard of process continuity as an aspect of the quality of health care. The results show that continuity between the acute care unit and inpatient rehabilitation programmes (phase I - phase II) seems to be sufficient whereas integrating phases II and III may be open for optimizing.
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Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Germany. thomas.schott@uni-bielefeld.de
Iseringhausen
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Vom Orde
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D000359:Aftercare; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D017749:Total Quality Management