Are there income differences in the impact of a national reimbursement policy for smoking cessation treatment and accompanying media attention? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-190

  Nagelhout, Gera E ^a,b   Hummel, Karin ^a   Willemsen, Marc C ^a,b   Siahpush, Mohammad ^c   Kunst, Anton E ^d   de Vries, Hein ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^e,f   van den Putte, Bas ^d,g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Alliance Smokefree Holland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Netherlands; Public policy; Reimbursement; Smoking cessation; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924840302     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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