The economic burden of smoking in California.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop estimates of the direct and indirect costs of smoking for California in 1999.

Methods

A prevalence based approach was used to estimate the annual costs of smoking. Econometric models were used to estimate the smoking attributable fraction (SAF) for direct costs (hospitalisations, ambulatory care, prescription drugs, home health care, and nursing home services) and indirect costs due to lost productivity from smoking related illness. The models controlled for socioeconomic factors and other risk behaviours. Epidemiological methods were used to estimate the SAF for indirect costs due to lost productivity from premature deaths. The SAFs were applied to total health care expenditures, days lost, and deaths to obtain smoking attributable total costs.

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SUBMITTER: Max W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1747911 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature