ArticleInternational journal of public health2013
Disparities in health care utilization by smoking status in Canada.
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- Health-related quality of life and economic burden to smoking behaviour among Canadians.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019Article
- Primary health care utilisation and its costs among middle-aged smokers.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2017Article
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- Socioeconomic factors affecting patients' utilization of primary care services at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the association between smoking status and the utilization of health care services in Canada.
methodsThe study uses data from the 2007 Canadian Community Health Survey, which contains information on the number of visits to general practitioner (GP), specialists (SP) and the number of nights spent in a hospital. The finite mixture estimation method is used in order to account for heterogeneity among smokers.
resultsMultivariate regression results indicate differential effects of smoking on health care utilization for at least two different groups of health care users: low and high users. In particular, we find that among the low-use group, smokers use less GP and SP services than never smokers. However, for the low-use and high-use groups, smokers have more hospitalizations than never smokers. The incidence of hospitalization is higher for the low-use group after controlling for need, socio-demographic characteristics and province fixed effects. Former smokers who recently quit use more health care services.
conclusionsTobacco consumption elevates the use of health care services, especially among the high-use group.
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