title: Quality Measure for Screening for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Primary Care Physicians.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent condition which remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Untreated OSA is associated with several chronic medical conditions, a reduction in quality of life and increases in health care costs. Therefore, early identification of undiagnosed cases is important. Implementation of a screening measure in a primary care environment for populations at high-risk for OSA could improve patient outcomes and reduce the health care burden of untreated OSA.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Rashmi N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Aurora
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.|University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ.
authors.forename: Stuart F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Quan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: primary care; quality measure; screening; sleep apnea