Research Article
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Device Time to Procurement in a Disadvantaged Population
| CPAP procurement method | Number (%) | Days to procurement: mean ± SD |
| Group 1 | 30 (100) | 62 ± 35 | Group 2 | | | (i) Total | 16 (53) | 113 ± 113 | (ii) ASAF | 6 (20) | 135 ± 123 | (iii) Local charity | 1 (3) | 11 | (iv) Purchased by patient | 6 (20) | 144 ± 128 | (v) Purchased by relative | 2 (7) | 56 ± 47 | (vi) Device donated by family member | 1 (3) | 15 | Group 3 | 9 (75) | 25 ± 9 |
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ASMF: American Sleep Medicine Foundation, CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
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