For hospitals that offer these programs, Outpatient focuses on managing patients in an office or clinic setting for chronic diseases such as asthma, cf, copd, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and interstitial lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis.對於有提供這些計畫的醫院來說,門診則著重於在診間或診所照護患有慢性疾病的病患,例如氣喘、囊性纖維化、慢性阻塞性肺病、支氣管擴張症,以及間質性肺病,像是肺纖維化和肉樣瘤病。