Elevated healthcare utilisation in young adult males with obstructive sleep apnoea

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Reuveni, H ^a,b   Greenberg Dotan, S ^a,b   Simon Tuval, T ^a,b   Oksenberg, A ^c   Tarasiuk, A ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Heathcare utilisation; Morbidity; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APNEA; AROUSAL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 40649122059     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00097907     Document Type: Article

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