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Table 4.

Untreated OSAS has a significant economic burden on society and employers.

Condition	Quantified risk	Quantified costs	Reference
Economic burden of OSAS	Patients with undiagnosed OSAS have higher medical costs than non-OSAS patients.	Undiagnosed OSAS patients cost $1950 to $3899 per year more than non-OSAS patients.	Kapur 1999⁸⁸ Albarrak 2005⁸⁶ Tarasiuk 2005⁸⁷ Berger 2006⁸⁹ Hoffman 2010⁹⁰
Economic burden of OSAS	Patients with diagnosed but, untreated OSAS, have higher medical costs compared to patients not receiving treatment for their OSAS.	OSAS patients that are treated with CPAP cost $2700-$5200 less per year, than OSAS patients not receiving treatment	Berger 2006⁸⁹ Hoffman 2010⁹⁰