Medical expenditure of national health insurance attributable to smoking among the Korean population

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-232

  Lee, Sang Yi ^a   Jee, Sun Ha ^b,c   Yun, Ji Eun ^c   Kim, Su Young ^a   Lee, Jakyung ^b   Samet, Jonathan M ^d   Kim, Il Soon ^e  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Metabolic Syndrome Research Initiatives   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Korean Association of Smoking and Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Medical expenditure; Populationattributable risk; Relative risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 34547396888     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2007.40.3.227     Document Type: Article

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