Table 2.
Incremental direct health care utilization associated with sleep disorders in the United States in 2018.
| Expenditure or Utilization Measure | Without SD | With SD | Difference | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | ||
| Number of office visits | 8.7 | 0.3 | 16.3 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 0.8 | < .001 |
| Number of emergency facility visits | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.52 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.03 | < .001 |
| Number of prescription fills | 21.9 | 0.4 | 39.7 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 1.1 | < .001 |
SD = sleep disorder, SE = standard error of the national estimate.