Association of Positive Airway Pressure Use With Acute Care Utilization and Costs | Zendy

Douglas B. Kirsch | Zendy; Hongmei Yang | Zendy; Andréa L. Maslow | Zendy; Michael Stolzenbach | Zendy; Andrea McCall | Zendy

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Association of Positive Airway Pressure Use With Acute Care Utilization and Costs

Author(s) -

Douglas B. Kirsch,

Hongmei Yang,

Andréa L. Maslow,

Michael Stolzenbach,

Andrea McCall

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7912

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , emergency department , emergency medicine , positive airway pressure , obstructive sleep apnea , acute care , relative risk , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , health care , psychiatry , economics , economic growth

The current value-based medical climate has led to scrutiny of all medical costs. Given the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and many significant comorbid medical conditions, treating patients with OSA via positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy might reduce health care expenditures. Our goal was to determine the relationship between PAP use and acute care utilization and costs.

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