A system and method is provided for planning resources for a plurality of COPD RPM programs. Each RPM program is tailored to a different level of disease acuity. Assessment data is obtained relating to the severity of COPD symptoms in respect of a set of patients currently following one of the RPM programs. For each patient, a prediction is made of which RPM program is most likely to be appropriate for the patient at a future time point and from this a required capacity for each RPM program at said future time point can be derived. The required resources for each RPM program can thus be determined.