Costs, health effects and cost-effectiveness of alcohol and tobacco control strategies in Estonia

Health Policy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-88

  Lai, Taavi ^a,b   Habicht, Jarno ^c   Reinap, Marge ^d   Chisholm, Dan ^c   Baltussen, Rob ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Social Affairs   (Estonia)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Contextualisation; Cost effectiveness; Estonia; Health intervention; Population health; Smoking; WHO CHOICE

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ESTONIA; HEALTH CARE COST; MODEL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING CESSATION; TAX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTONIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 34848907395     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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