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Mandatory OSA treatment for truckers lowers insurance costs
Key clinical point: Mandatory testing and treatment for OSA in truckers may be cost effective
Major finding: Truckers treated for OSA saw mean insurance savings of $441 per month in non-OSA–related costs.
Study details: A retrospective cohort study of records from more than 3,000 truckers screened for suspected OSA in a large commercial fleet.
Disclosures: The National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence and Harvard University sponsored the study. Two coauthors disclosed extensive device and pharmaceutical industry funding.
Citation:
Burks SV et al. Sleep 2019 Oct 24. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz262.