Impact of smoking habit on medical care use and its costs: A prospective observation of National Health Insurance beneficiaries in Japan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 616-621

  Izumi, Yoko ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Aya ^a   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^a   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Medical costs; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TIME; TOBACCO; WALKING;

EID: 0034948589     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.3.616     Document Type: Article

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