Disease cases and their medical costs attributable to smoking: an analysis of the national medical expenditure survey
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چکیده
We estimate the fraction of disease cases, and the fraction of their total medical expenditures, attributable to smoking for two disease groups: (LC) lung and laryngeal cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (CHD) cardiovascular disease, stroke and other smoking-caused cancers. We use a generalized additive model to predict the probability of disease; and a semi-parametric, two-part cost model to estimate the average di3erence in medical expenditures for persons with and without disease. We estimate that 53% and 13% of the medical expenditures for persons with LC or CHD are attributable to smoking. c © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classi.cation: C1; C13; C14; I1; I10
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