Disease cases and their medical costs attributable to smoking: An analysis of the national medical expenditure survey

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Abstract

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 difference 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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)135-151
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Econometrics
Volume112
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Generalized additive model
  • Smoking-attributable expenditure
  • Smoking-attributable fraction
  • Two-part model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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