Cost effectiveness of tobacco control policies in vietnam: The case of population-level interventions

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-196

  Higashi, Hideki ^a   Truong, Khoa D ^b,c   Barendregt, Jan J ^a   Nguyen, Phuong K ^b   Vuong, Mai L ^b   Nguyen, Thuy T ^b   Hoang, Phuong T ^b   Wallace, Angela L ^a   Tran, Tien V ^b   Le, Cuong Q ^b   Doran, Christopher M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Health Strategy and Policy Institute   (Viet Nam)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost utility; Health policy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MASS MEDIUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING AND SMOKING RELATED PHENOMENA; TAX; TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955107085     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11539640-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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