The Effect of the Transition to Home Monitoring for the Diagnosis of OSAS on Test Availability, Waiting Time, Patients’ Satisfaction, and Outcome in a Large Health Provider System
During 2009, the Haifa district of Clalit Health Services (CHS) has switched from in-lab polysomnography (PSG) to home studies for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We assessed the effects of this change on accessibility, waiting time, satisfaction, costs, and CPAP purchase by the pati...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Sleep Disorders |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/418246 |