The Financial Implications of Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment by Managed Care Organizations

This paper presents results from a simulation of the financial impact and cost effectiveness of smoking cessation in a hypothetical managed care organization (MCO), using data from three large managed care organizations and from existing literature. With base-case assumptions and a market cost of ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kenneth E. Warner, David Mendez, Dean G. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2004-02-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.1.57