Healthcare Costs Around the Time of Smoking Cessation
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Healthcare costs around the time of smoking cessation.
BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act mandates that new insurance plans cover smoking-cessation therapy without cost-sharing. Previous cost difference estimates, which show a spike around the time of cessation, suggest premiums might rise as a result of covering these services. PURPOSE The goal of the study was to test (1) whether individuals in an RCT of pharmacotherapy and counseling for smoki...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.02.019