Evidence suggests that the ACA's tobacco surcharges reduced insurance take-up and did not increase smoking cessation

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1176-1183

  Friedman, Abigail S ^a   Schpero, William L ^a   Busch, Susan H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSURANCE; SMOKING CESSATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980402436     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1540     Document Type: Article

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