Utilization of interdisciplinary in-hospital early rehabilitation in COVID-19 patients - a multicenter cohort study in the National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON) in Germany
The low rate of early rehabilitation in acute hospitals for COVID-19 patients indicates an unmet need, particularly in severe cases. Structural changes in the health system are needed to close this gap. The WHO and the German Medical Council have recently acknowledged the necessity of early in-hospital rehabilitation and have issued a call for its implementation in acute hospitals.
Authors
- Christoph Römmele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-8510)
- Norman Weinert
- Patrick Meybohm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-8696)
- Johanna Erber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-6051)
- Olga Miljukov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4790-5918)
- Sabine Blaschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-7554)
- Susana M. Nunes de Miranda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2072-6979)
- Martin Weigl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5909-940X)
- Anett Reißhauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9437-4858)
- Dana Loudovici-Krug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3538-234X)
- Julia Wendel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8405-2825)
- Jörg Janne Vehreschild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5446-7170)
- Sina M. Hopff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-4596)
- Kristin Lehnert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-3949)
- Max Emanuel Liebl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-4281)
- Ilka Grewe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-0725)
- Phil‐Robin Tepasse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2757-4755)
- Marina Hagen
- Katharina S. Appel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-6992)
- Philipp Baumbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-6924)
- Christina Lemhöfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-4064)
- Milena Milovanovic
- Edgar Heim
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- Malteser-Krankenhaus (DE)
- St. Franziskus Hospital (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334941
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00