Obstructive sleep apnea patients use more health care resources ten years prior to diagnosis

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-74

  Ronald, John ^a   Delaive, Kenneth ^a   Roos, Les ^a   Manfreda, Jure ^a   Kryger, Meir H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0032229517     PISSN: 1096214X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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