Determinants affecting health-care utilization in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1310-1314

  Tarasiuk, Ariel ^a   Greenberg Dotan, Sari ^a   Brin, Yaron S ^a   Simon, Tzahit ^a   Tal, Asher ^a   Reuveni, Haim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Costs; Gender; Health care utilization; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 24944444122     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1310     Document Type: Article

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