Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1130 Home Based (unattended) Sleep Studies

Unattended Sleep Studies in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Application No.

1130

Application Name Unattended Sleep Studies in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Advisory PanelProfessor Ken Thomson
(Chair)
(MSAC Member)
Dr Kwun Fong
(Deputy Chair)
(MSAC Member)
Mr Gary Carr
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Dr John Malouf
(Ear Nose and Throat Specialist)
Clinical Professor Dominic Fitzgerald
(Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Paediatric)
Professor Matthew Naughton
(Royal Australasian College of Physicians)
Head of the General Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Service)
Professor Donald Campbell
(Monash Medical, General Physician/ Epidemiologist)
Dr Walid Jammal
(Royal Australasian College of General Practioners)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat17 September 2008
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentIn Progress
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister
Stage 4 - Decision
Noting of MSAC advice by the Minister does not constitute a final decision in relation to the provision of public funding
Stage 5 - Implementation

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