Difference in lifetime medical expenditures between male smokers and non-smokers

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-89

  Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Murakami, Genki ^a   Takahashi, Yuko ^b   Nagai, Masato ^c   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^c   Tsuji, Ichiro ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Economic evaluation; Life table; Lifetime medical expenditure; Mortality; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; SMOKING; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SURVIVORS;

EID: 70849126292     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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