Economic gains and health benefits from a new cigarette tax scheme in Taiwan: A simulation using the CGE model

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ye, Chun Yuan ^a   Lee, Jie Min ^b   Chen, Sheng Hong ^c  

^a OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; TAIWAN; TAX; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRENDS;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SMOKING; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAIWAN; TAXES; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 33646592201     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-62     Document Type: Article

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