Self-reported poor sleep on multiple dimensions is associated with higher total health care costs in older men.

ABSTRACT: To estimate the association of self-reported poor sleep in multiple dimensions with health care costs in older men. Participants were 1,413 men (mean [SD] age 76.5 [5.7] years) enrolled in both the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men (MrOS Sleep) study and Medicare Fee-for-Service. Poor sleep was characterized at the baseline MrOS Sleep visit on five dimensions (satisfaction, daytime sleepiness, timing, latency, and duration). Health care costs and utilization were ascertained over 3 years of follow-up using Medicare Claims. Median (interquartile range [IQR]) annualized total health care costs (2018 US dollars) rose from $3,616 (IQR 1,523-7,875) for those with no impaired sleep dimensions to $4,416 (IQR 1,854-11,343) for men with two impaired sleep dimensions and $5,819 (IQR 1,936-15,

SUBMITTER: Schousboe JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7551302 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature