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Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2023 Jul 13;109:211–218. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.07.009

Table 4.

Comparing the change in healthcare utilization 1-year pre-OSA diagnosis and post-OSA treatment vs. 1-year pre and post-OSA diagnosis among no care, non-surgical care, and surgical care groups

	(A) Surgical care group			(B) Non-surgical care group			(C) No care group
	Pre mean (SD)	Post mean (SD)	Adjusted difference, beta (SE)^a	Pre mean (SD)	Post mean (SD)	Adjusted difference, beta (SE)^a	Pre mean (SD)	Post mean (SD)	Adjusted difference, beta (SE)^a
Outpatient visits	3.12 (4.82)	2.55 (4.30)	−.21 (.01) ^***	4.77 (7.03)	4.65 (6.37)	−.04 (.02)	2.64 (4.46)	2.33 (4.26)	−.14 (.01) ^***
ER visits and inpatient hospitalizations	0.89 (1.57)	0.66 (1.21)	−.29 (.02) ^***	0.78 (1.51)	0.71 (1.40)	−.09 (.04) ^*	0.88 (1.62)	0.70 (1.44)	−.20 (.02) ^***

^***

p<0.001,

p<0.05.

Multilevel mixed-effects negative binomial regression model to compare the number of healthcare utilization by OSA treatment after adjusting for child gender, age, insurance type, any CCCs and obesity during 1-year prior to and at time of OSA diagnosis. Bold indicates significant associations. ER= Emergency room. The drops in both healthcare utilization outcomes among the Surgical care group were significantly larger than those in the No care group (outpatient p<0.001, ER and inpatient p=0.003) and Non-surgical care group (outpatient p=0.003, ER and inpatient p<0.001).

^(A)

Surgical care group: Patient that followed the Surgical care + PSG or Surgical care only treatment pathways.

^(B)

Non-surgical care group: Patients that followed the Specialty care only or PAP care treatment pathways.

^(C)

No care group: Patients that followed the No care pathway.