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Table 1 Methods for estimating medical costs attributable to smoking (T)

From: Medical costs and quality-adjusted life years associated with smoking: a systematic review

First author, year published

Source for lifetime medical costs attributable to smoking

Discounted at 3 %

Assessment of uncertainty

Ahmad, 2005 [13]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Yes

No

aMedical Expenditure Panel Survey [66]

Ahmad, 2005 [14]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Yes

No

aMedical Expenditure Panel Survey [66]

Ahmad, 2005 [15]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

No

No

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [66]

Ahmad, 2008 [16]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Not stated

No

aMedical Expenditure Panel Survey [66]

Cromwell, 1997 [18]

Did not include lifetime medical costs associated with smoking; included discussion

N/A

N/A

Holtgrave, 2009 [21]

Wang, 2001 [38]

Yes

Yes

Sloan, 2004 [45]

Warner, 2004 [43]

Javitz, 2004 [23]

Did not include lifetime medical costs associated with smoking; included discussion

N/A

N/A

Javitz, 2011 [24]

Did not include lifetime medical costs associated with smoking; included discussion

N/A

N/A

Kahn, 2008 [25]

Kaiser Permanente Southern California (no citation given)

Yes

Yes

The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group [67]

Keeler, 2002 [26]

Did not include lifetime medical costs associated smoking; did not include discussion

N/A

N/A

Knight, 2010 [27]

Halpern, 2003 [68]

Yes

Yes

Kutikova, 2005 [69]

Tsevat, 2001 [70]

Taylor, 1996 [71]

Stanford, 1999 [72]

McMahon, 2011 [29]

Cipriano, 2010 [73]

Yes

Yes

SEER-Medicare linked data (no citation given)

Ruger, 2008 [31]

Gold, 1996 [41]

bYes

Yes

Cromwell, 1997 [18]

Fiscella, 1996 [20]

Rogers, 1991 [40]

Miller, 2001 [74]

Solberg, 2006 [34]

Musich, 2003 [75]

Yes

Yes

Keehan, 2004 [76]

Hoffman, 2001 [77]

Tengs, 2001 [35]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Yes

Yes

Tran, 2002 [36]

Did not include lifetime medical costs associated smoking; did not include discussion

N/A

N/A

Villanti, 2012 [37]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Yes

Yes

Warner, 2004 [43]

Cromwell, 1997 [18]

Wang, 2001 [38]

Hodgson, 1992 [39]

Yes

Yes

Manning, 1989 [44]

  1. aNo citation was given; “Medical Expenditure Panel Survey” was only referenced in the text
  2. bStates that medical costs were discounted but does not specify at 3 %. We assume a 3 % discount rate was used because the paper appears to reference the U.S. Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine guidelines for performing the analysis