A cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative at-home or in-laboratory technologies for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 451-458

  Reuveni, H ^a   Schweitzer, E ^a   Tarasiuk, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea; Unattended sleep monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PARTIAL SLEEP MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035162641     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0102100603     Document Type: Article

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