Effectiveness of a national reimbursement policy and accompanying media attention on use of cessation treatment and on smoking cessation: A real-world study in the Netherlands

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 455-461

  Nagelhout, Gera E ^a,b   Willemsen, Marc C ^a,b   van den Putte, Bas ^c,d   de Vries, Hein ^a   Willems, Roy A ^e   Segaar, Dewi ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Alliance Smokefree Holland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939486898     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051430     Document Type: Article

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