The impact of smoking on annual healthcare cost: an econometric model analysis in China, 2015

Abstract Background Smoking exerts substantial medical burdens on society. Precise estimation of the smoking-attributable medical expenditures (SAME) helps to inform tobacco control policy makers. Based on the epidemiological approach, prior studies in China only focused on a few smoking-related dis...

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Main Authors: Shiyao Huang, Han Wei, Tingting Yao, Zhengzhong Mao, Qun Sun, Lian Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06199-5