Predictive validation and forecasts of short-term changes in healthcare expenditure associated with changes in smoking behavior in the United States.

OBJECTIVES:Out-of-sample forecasts are used to evaluate the predictive adequacy of a previously published national model of the relationship between smoking behavior and real per capita health care expenditure using state level aggregate data. In the previously published analysis, the elasticities b...

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Main Authors: James Lightwood, Steve Anderson, Stanton A Glantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227493