Change in attitude to the management, diagnosis and therapy of sleep apnea syndrome. Hungarian Health Service

Sleep apnea syndrome occurs in 4% of the general population. Due to its incidence, clinical symptoms and its causal or precipitating roles in other diseases, sleep apnea represents a real public health problem. Its early identification and its adequate treatment require a continuously functioning system of screening and care based on the family doctors and the therapeutic centres. The efficacy of such a system consist of following factors: integrated action in screening, care, treatment, postgraduate and health education, suitable regional distribution of basic screening and specialized care and a new type of cooperation among specialists working together in specialized care. The aim of this paper is to present an effective system for its management relying on both the international know-how and the experience obtained in Hungary, which has been adjusted to the structure of the Hungarian Health Service.

Published by Orvosi hetilap, 1998. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9731444/