The medical cost of undiagnosed sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 749-755

  Kapur, Vishesh ^a   Blough, David K ^b   Sandblom, Robert E ^b   Hert, Richard ^b   De Maine, James B ^b   Sullivan, Sean D ^b   Psaty, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Healthcare utilization; Medical costs; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0033568054     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.6.749     Document Type: Article

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