To determine the effect of obesity and sleep apnea on health care expenditure in women over 10 years.
Retrospective observational study
Tertiary university-based medical center
Three groups of age-matched women: 223 obese women with OSAS (body mass index: 39.3 +/- 0.6 kg/m2), and from the general population, 223 obese controls (BMI 36.3 +/- 0.4) and 223 normal weight controls (BMI 23.9 +/- 0.4).
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We examined health care utilization in the 3 matched groups for the 10 years leading up to the documentation of OSAS. The mean physician fees and the number of physician visits were significantly higher in obese controls than in normal weight controls during the observed period. Physician fees and physician visits progressively increased in the 10 years before diagnosis in the OSAS cases and were significantly higher than in the matched obese controls. Physician fees, in Canadian dollars, one year before diagnosis in the OSAS cases were higher than in obese controls: $547.49 +/- 34.79 vs $246.85 +/- 20.88 (P
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