title: Health Care Savings: The Economic Value of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
abstract: Two new white papers commissioned by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) provide an in-depth, detailed analysis of the vast economic burden associated with undiagnosed and untreated obstructive sleep apnea among adults in the United States. While the individual health benefits of treating OSA are well established, these papers emphasize the value of comprehensive OSA testing and treatment, which can provide dramatic health care savings for payors and large employers.
authors.affiliation: Immediate Past President, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Darien, IL; Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D056508:Sleep Medicine Specialty; D014481:United States