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Clinical InvestigationsSleep and BreathingIncreased Physician-Reported Sleep Apnea: The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
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Database
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is a national survey of office-based physicians conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This survey contains data on individual outpatient office visits and is then weighted to reflect national estimates describing the use of ambulatory medical care services in the United States. Using NAMCS data, questions regarding patterns of reporting disease, disease-specific
Annual Frequencies of Reporting Sleep Apnea and Other Common Diseases
During the 9-year period, we queried the frequency of sleep apnea and common diseases diagnosed yearly and whether there was a change over time. Sleep apnea was noted as a primary, secondary, or tertiary diagnosis in 4.83 million visits (0.8% of the total). There was a 12-fold increase (from 110,000 to 1.3 million, p < 0.0001) in the number of sleep apnea diagnoses reported per year (Fig 1). By contrast, the frequencies with which common diseases including upper respiratory tract infection
Discussion
Sleep apnea, a condition of major societal importance, has been estimated to be an as prevalent (2 to 4%) as another common respiratory condition, asthma.1,2 The economic cost sleep apnea imposes on our health-care system and society has been estimated in the billions of dollars.2,10 Despite this impact, physicians underrecognize the disease.19,21,22,23,24 Several measures have been implemented to increase both physician and patient awareness of sleep apnea,2,16 but little is known about the
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