Severity of Illness and Treatment Thresholds: Managed-Care Strategies in Sleep Medicine.
The objectives of this article are: (1) to distinguish functional from physiological criteria for illness; (2) to articulate threshold approach to our diagnostic strategies; and (3) to list the functions of sleep medicine that give valued patient care systems.
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Kingman P.
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Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, VAMC, Cleveland, Ohio.