A survey of the perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of cardiac rehabilitation in healthcare providers and policy stakeholders

• DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08298-3
• Publication Date: 2022-08-05T12:21:39Z
• Authors: Chul Kim; Hae-Bin Kwak; Jidong Sung; Jae-Young Han; Jang Woo Lee; Jong Hwa Lee; Won-Seok Kim; Heui Je Bang; Sora Baek; Kyung Lim Joa; Ae Ryoung Kim; So Young Lee; Jihee Kim; Chung Reen Kim; Oh. Pum Kwon; Min Kyun Sohn; Chang-Won Moon; Jae-In Lee; Sungju Jee
• Keywords: Health administration; Healthcare Policy; Health Services Research

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a prognostic management strategy to help patients with CVD achieve good quality of life and lower the rates recurrence, readmission, premature death from disease. Globally, cardiac poorly established in hospitals communities. Hence, this study aimed investigate discrepancies perceptions need for CR programs relevant health policies between directors policy personnel South Korea shed light on status establish practically superior effective strategies promote Korea.We sent questionnaire 592 public managers selected hospitals, 132 whom returned completed (response rate: 22.3%). The participants were categorized into five types organizations depending their practice PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention), establishment rehabilitation, director hospital, government's makers. Differences opinions that perform/do not perform PCI, with/without hospital makers analyzed.Responses about targeting diseases patients' roles hospitals' governmental policies' more positive among than those do not. Responses questions effectiveness tended be without. Hospital responded positively makers, both provided negative responses question rehabilitation. organizations.Hospitals must ensure timely referral, provide education, In addition, socioeconomic support needed varity aspects.