Economic evaluation of a hospital-initiated tobacco dependence treatment service.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The treatment of tobacco dependence in patients admitted to hospital is a priority for the National Health Service in England. We aimed to conduct an economic analysis of a pilot 'opt-out' tobacco dependence treatment intervention adapted from the Ottawa Model of Smoking Cessation.

Design

Observational cost analysis of an inpatient tobacco dependence treatment intervention, and matched cohort study comparing readmission costs between patients who received the intervention and benchmarked equivalents who did not.

Setting

11 acute inpatient wards in a major teaching hospital in London, England.

Participants

673 patients who smoked, admitted between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021.

Interventions

The intervention consisted of the systematic identific

SUBMITTER: Robins J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684108 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature