Telephone assistance for smoking cessation: one year cost effectiveness estimations

Telephone assistance for smoking cessation: one year cost effectiveness estimations

A randomised trial evaluated the American Cancer Society’s telephone counselling service to assist smoking cessation. Counselling nearly doubles a smokers’ odds of quitting and maintaining cessation for one year. The estimated cost for each case of maintained smoking cessation attributable to counse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tobacco control 2004-03, Vol.13 (1), p.85-86
Hauptverfasser: McAlister, A L, Rabius, V, Geiger, A, Glynn, T J, Huang, P, Todd, R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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American Cancer Society
BRIEF REPORT
Cost effectiveness analysis
Cost efficiency
Cost estimates
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Counseling
Government services
Hotlines
Humans
Public health
Quit rates
Smoking
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - economics
Smoking Cessation - methods
Telephones
United States
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Zusammenfassung:A randomised trial evaluated the American Cancer Society’s telephone counselling service to assist smoking cessation. Counselling nearly doubles a smokers’ odds of quitting and maintaining cessation for one year. The estimated cost for each case of maintained smoking cessation attributable to counselling availability is approximately $1300.
ISSN:0964-4563
1468-3318
DOI:10.1136/tc.2003.004515