Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after receiving pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including rehospitalization rates, emergency department visit rates, mortality, changes in lung function, and the severity of dyspnea. Method: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using patients newly diagnosed with COPD as the study population. Medical records were collected from a medical center in Central Taiwan covering a six-year period from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2020. Patients were followed for two years after the initial diagnosis to compare prognostic outcomes associated with different durations of PR. Result: Patients who received PR for 8 weeks or longer demonstrated a greater reduction in Borg Scale scores after completing training compared with those who received PR for less than 8 weeks, with a mean difference of 0.60 points (p = .000). In addition, among patients classified as group D, a statistically significant difference in Borg Scale scores was observed between the two groups (p = .023). Conclusion: Patients classified as groups A and B who received PR for less than 8 weeks, and those classified as groups C and D who received PR for 8 weeks or longer, showed improvements in lung function and reductions in dyspnea severity.