Patient Priority and Wait Time Benchmarks

Priority

Detail

Wait Time

Benchmark

1 (Urgent)

Patients with:

• suspected sleep disorder; and
• major daytime sleepiness (ESS 10 or greater); and
• one or more of the following

• co-morbid disease (ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, congestive heart failure, obstructive/restrictive lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, hypercapnic respiratory failure) or,
• high risk occupation (truck, taxi, bus drivers; railway engineers, airline pilots, car drivers who admit to have fallen asleep while driving within the last two years (all patients who are considered high risk should be told to cease their occupation and personal driving until after their polysomnogram has been reviewed and/or appropriate treatment has commenced) or,
• overnight home oximetry which reveals >10/hour 4% desaturations.

2-4 Weeks

2

Patients with:

• suspected sleep disorder; and
• major daytime sleepiness (ESS 10 or greater); but
• with no co-morbid disease or high-risk occupation.

2 months

3

Patients with:

• Suspected sleep disorder; but without

• major daytime sleepiness (i.e., ESS < 10); or
• co-morbid diseases; or high-risk occupation.

6 months