The economic cost of sleep disorders in Australia

November 3, 2009 – 11:35 pm
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In 2004, 1.2 million Australians were recorded as suffering from sleep related pathologies. Each year we spend over $10.3 billion dollars as a result of disturbances caused by a restless sleep.

Source: Hillman DR; Murphy AS; Antic R et al. The economic cost of sleep disorders. SLEEP 2006;29(3):299-305.

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