Going up in ashes? Smoking-attributable morbidity, hospital admissions and expenditure in Greece.
Eur J Public Health
; 24(3): 477-9, 2014 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-24681817
ABSTRACT
Our aim was to calculate the morbidity, hospitalizations and subsequent hospital costs for the treatment of the smoking-attributable fraction of diseases in Greece using a prevalence-based annual cost approach. In 2011, smoking accounted for 199,028 hospital admissions (8.9% of the national total), with attributable hospital treatment costs calculated at more than 554 million, which represents 10.7% of the national hospital budget. These results pose a compelling reason for the European Union to champion tobacco control as a means of reducing the financial and social burden of disease in Greece and other countries currently facing a financial maelstrom.
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Assunto principal:
Fumar
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Gastos em Saúde
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Custos Hospitalares
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Hospitalização
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article