Simulation of quitting smoking in the military shows higher lifetime medical spending more than offset by productivity gains

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2717-2726

  Yang, Wenya ^a   Dall, Timothy M ^b   Zhang, Yiduo ^c   Zhang, Shiping ^d   Arday, David R ^e   Dorn, Patricia W ^f   Jain, Anjali ^a  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^d BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^f Nurse Corps of the United States Navy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871882276     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1048     Document Type: Article

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