Kontinuität und Prozessqualität in der Behandlung der chronischen Herzerkrankung: Der Zugang zur Rehabilitation und die Schnittstelle zum Alltag

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.