Socioeconomic Inequities in Adherence to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Population-Level Analysis
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Pandey, AbhishekMereddy, Suresh
Combs, Daniel
Shetty, Safal
Patel, Salma I
Mashaq, Saif
Seixas, Azizi
Littlewood, Kerry
Jean-Luis, Girardin
Parthasarathy, Sairam
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Univ Arizona, UAHS Ctr Sleep & Circadian SciUniv Arizona, Dept Med, Div Pulm Allergy Crit Care & Sleep Med
Univ Arizona, Dept Pediat, Div Pulm & Sleep Med
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2020-02-06Keywords
ADHERENCEbig data
Health disparities
health equity
Health policy
positive airway pressure therapy
Sleep apnea
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Pandey, A.; Mereddy, S.; Combs, D.; Shetty, S.; Patel, S.I.; Mashaq, S.; Seixas, A.; Littlewood, K.; Jean-Luis, G.; Parthasarathy, S. Socioeconomic Inequities in Adherence to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Population-Level Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 442.Journal
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(a) Background: In patients with sleep apnea, poor adherence to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy has been associated with mortality. Regional studies have suggested that lower socioeconomic status is associated with worse PAP adherence but population-level data is lacking. (b) Methods: De-identified data from a nationally representative database of PAP devices was geo-linked to sociodemographic information. (c) Results: In 170,641 patients, those in the lowest quartile of median household income had lower PAP adherence (4.1 + 2.6 hrs/night; 39.6% adherent by Medicare criteria) than those in neighborhoods with highest quartile median household income (4.5 + 2.5 hrs/night; 47% adherent by Medicare criteria; p < 0.0001). In multivariate regression, individuals in neighborhoods with the highest income quartile were more adherent to PAP therapy than those in the lowest income quartile after adjusting for various confounders (adjusted Odds Ratio (adjOR) 1.18; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.14, 1.21; p < 0.0001). Over the past decade, PAP adherence improved over time (adjOR 1.96; 95%CI 1.94, 2.01), but health inequities in PAP adherence remained even after the Affordable Care Act was passed. (d) Conclusion: In a nationally representative population, disparities in PAP adherence persist despite Medicaid expansion. Interventions aimed at promoting health equity in sleep apnea need to be undertaken.Note
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2077-0383PubMed ID
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10.3390/jcm9020442
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