C80-D SLEEP AND HEALTH POLICY: Wait Times From Diagnosis To Treatment Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Ontario: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Rationale: Despite the benefits of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), timely access to treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains inadequate. Methods: We conducted a population based cohort study of all newly CPAP treated Ontarians from 2006 to 2013 and used provincial health administrative data to determine patient wait times from diagnostic PSG to CPAP initiation. Core funding for ICES Western is provided by the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO), the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (SSMD), Western University, and the Lawson Health Research Institute (LHRI).