Table 6.
Ordering Options with Commercially Available CPAP Mask and Standard CPAP
| Generous Options | Limited Options | Minimal Options | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard CPAP | Standard CPAP | Standard CPAP | ||||
| Possible | Cumulative | Possible | Cumulative | Possible | Cumulative | |
| Selections | Options | Selections | Options | Selections | Options | |
| Pressure Options | 16 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Pressure Reduction | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 64 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Mask Types | 64 | 64 | 64 | |||
| 4096 | 512 | 256 | ||||
| Mask Designs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 4096 | 512 | 256 | ||||
| Mask Size | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 12,288 | 1536 | 768 | ||||
| Heated Humidifier | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 24,576 | 3072 | 1536 | ||||
| Pressure Ramp | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 49,152 | 6144 | 3072 | ||||
| Total Unique Options | 49,152 | 6144 | 3072 | |||
Notes: The possible numbers of unique order options for standard CPAP machine therapy calculated using the actual number of mask easily available in the United States are presented. The three columns show the results based on the author’s selection of a generous, limited, and minimal number of options for each variable. Possible Selections were chosen by the author and are described in the methods.