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The economic impact of obstructive sleep apnea.
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Efficiency of Intraoral Appliance in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Obese Class III
Who cites it
98 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Accuracy of Machine Learning Algorithms Based on Electroencephalogram in Sleep Apnea Detection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Sleep Apnea Detection Using EEG: A Systematic Review of Datasets, Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Pooled it
- Content Comparison of Quality-of-Life Instruments Used in Economic Evaluations of Sleep Disorder Interventions: A Systematic Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2024Pooled it
- The invisible costs of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Systematic review and cost-of-illness analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Association between obstructive sleep apnea and health-related quality of life in untreated adults: a systematic review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Detecting Sleep Apnea Using Deep Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Pooled it
- Risk of Occupational Accidents in Workers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sleep · 2016Pooled it
- An Official American Thoracic Society Statement: The Importance of Healthy Sleep. Recommendations and Future Priorities.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2015Guideline
- Occupational health of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a systematic review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2015Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of level 3 portable sleep tests versus level 1 polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2014Pooled it
- Pooled it
- A comparison of screening methods for sleep disorders in Australian community pharmacies: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Screening for obstructive sleep apnea on the internet: randomized trial.The American journal of medicine · 2009Trial
- Trial
- Investigating the Incremental Cost and Utilization Burden of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Overweight to Severely Obese Patients.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- Severe obstructive sleep apnoea can be accurately diagnosed in primary care centres.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Multimodal ECG and biometric data fusion for improved detection of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Automated OSAHS detection from ECG using temporal convolutional network.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Clinical and psychological predictors of obstructive sleep apnoea in an Australian adult population with severe and complex obesity.BMC psychology · 2025Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increases healthcare utilization and is associated with reduced work performance and occupational injuries. The economic burden related to untreated OSA is substantial, accounting for billions of dollars per year. Furthermore, therapy of OSA is an extremely cost-efficient use of healthcare resources, comparing highly favorably with other commonly funded medical therapies. Governments, transportation agencies, industry, and insurance companies need to be better informed concerning the economic impact of untreated OSA and the benefits of therapy.
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