Gold Rush,
<how can a person know if they are "marginal" for a potential health situation until they are tested ? <
Because there are often clear cut symptoms and risk factors associated with sleep disorders (and other health issues).
For example, sleep apnea patients are almost always very overweight, very heavy snorers, and their partners can actually observe them not breathing while sleeping.
I am not overweight at all, was never seen not breathing, but I am a snorer. That made me "marginal" in terms of the potential/probability of me having that disorder.
>>Also, you say there is no way in h&ll you'd spend 3K on this test - well, what might be the alternative, to risk continuing to suffer because it costs too much to investigate ? <<
Given that I was quite unlikely to get a positive diagnosis, the "value" of giving "me" the test was marginal in a world where resources are limited and people have to make value oriented choices. However, I wasn't paying directly. The "system" was paying and passing the costs on to everyone. So it made perfect economic sense for me to choose to take the test under those conditions despite the low probability that there would be any benefit to me. |
