1. Association Between Sleep Apnea Treatment and Health Care Resource Use in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
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Sterling, Kimberly L, Alpert, Naomi, Malik, Anita S, Pépin, Jean‐Louis, Benjafield, Adam V, Malhotra, Atul, Piccini, Jonathan P, Cistulli, Peter A, Nunez, Carlos M, Barrett, Meredith, and Armitstead, Jeff
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology ,Clinical Sciences ,Heart Disease ,Clinical Research ,Health Services ,Sleep Research ,Lung ,Cardiovascular ,Good Health and Well Being ,Humans ,Female ,Atrial Fibrillation ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged ,Sleep Apnea ,Obstructive ,Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ,United States ,Health Resources ,Health Care Costs ,Hospitalization ,Patient Compliance ,Treatment Outcome ,adherence ,atrial fibrillation ,health care resource use ,obstructive sleep apnea ,positive airway pressure ,medXcloud group ** ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Cardiovascular medicine and haematology - Abstract
BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) contributes to the generation, recurrence, and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation, and it is associated with worse outcomes. Little is known about the economic impact of OSA therapy in atrial fibrillation. This retrospective cohort study assessed the impact of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy adherence on health care resource use and costs in patients with OSA and atrial fibrillation.Methods and resultsInsurance claims data for ≥1 year before sleep testing and 2 years after device setup were linked with objective PAP therapy use data. PAP adherence was defined from an extension of the US Medicare 90-day definition. Inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to create covariate-balanced PAP adherence groups to mitigate confounding. Of 5867 patients (32% women; mean age, 62.7 years), 41% were adherent, 38% were intermediate, and 21% were nonadherent. Mean±SD number of all-cause emergency department visits (0.61±1.21 versus 0.77±1.55 [P=0.023] versus 0.95±1.90 [P
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- 2024