According to the guidelines and standards for a comprehensive phase II rehabilitation a new outpatient/part-time outpatient program was developed and started at an existing rehabilitation center in January 1997. All patients of the new program were included in a follow-up study and compared with patients of the same center, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the outpatient mode, but wanted to perform their rehabilitation in the full-time residential mode. Both groups were examined before, at the end and 6 months after the program. Until December 1998 118 patients after an acute cardiac event such as myocardial infarction, PTCA or heart surgery were rehabilitated in the outpatient/part-time outpatient mode. The short- and medium-term results concerning somatic outcomes, e.g. the risk factor profile or the improvement of the maximum work capacity, were equal in both groups. Comparing the direct costs for a 4-week rehabilitation, the part-time outpatient program was 26%, the outpatient program even 52% cheaper than the standard full-time residential program. The new program is as effective as the residential rehabilitation, but it is cheaper. Because of the in- and exclusion criteria it is suitable for only a subgroup of cardiac patients, because of the demands and standards the new program it can be offered only in special rehabilitation centers.
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