Criteria for oral appliance and/or supine avoidance therapy selection based on outcome optimization and cost-effectiveness

Conclusions and limitations: Based on pre-treatment non-supine AHI values, SAT would provide a superior first-line treatment outcome as compared to OAT in 21% of patients diagnosed with OSA. SAT would also provide a cost-effective adjuvant to OAT in an additional 15% of cases. The benefit of SAT could not be determined in one-fifth of the cohort who slept exclusively supine.PMID:33990168 | DOI:10.1080/13696998.2021.1930549

Source: Journal of Medical Economics - May 15, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Daniel J Levendowski Richard Olmstead Edward Sall Philip R Westbrook Bretton Beine Dominic Munafo Source Type: research