Screening for obstructive sleep apnea in stroke patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1291-1293

  Brown, Devin L ^a,b   Chervin, Ronald D ^a   Hickenbottom, Susan L ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Sleep apnea, obstructive; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444382685     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000166055.52742.2b     Document Type: Article

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