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

Feirman, Shari P.; Glasser, Allison M.; Teplitskaya, Lyubov; Holtgrave, David R.; Abrams, David B.; Niaura, Raymond S.; Villanti, Andrea C.

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3319-z

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Methods for estimating QALYS associated with quitting or preventing smoking (Q)

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

First author, year published	Target population	Source for QALY weights	Method of determining QALYS^c	Discounted at 3 %	Assessment of uncertainty
Ahmad, 2005 [13]	Entire California population	^aKaplan, 2007 [49]	QWB Scale	Yes	No
Ahmad, 2005 [14]	Entire U.S. population	^aKaplan, 2007 [49]	QWB Scale	Yes	No
Ahmad, 2005 [15]	Entire California population	^aKaplan, 2007 [49]	QWB Scale, Other	No	No
Ahmad, 2005 [15]	Entire California population	Erikson, 1995 [46]	QWB Scale, Other	No	No
Ahmad, 2008 [16]	Entire U.S. population	^aKaplan, 2007 [49]	QWB Scale, Other	Not stated	No
Ahmad, 2008 [16]	Entire U.S. population	Erikson, 1995 [46]	QWB Scale, Other	Not stated	No
Cromwell, 1997 [18]	Adults in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI	Yes	Yes
Holtgrave, 2009 [21]	Youth in the U.S.	Kaplan, 2007 [49]	HUI, QWB Scale	Yes	Yes
Holtgrave, 2009 [21]	Youth in the U.S.	Wang, 2001 [38]	HUI, QWB Scale	Yes	Yes
Javitz, 2004 [23]	Adults in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI, Other	Yes	Yes
Javitz, 2004 [23]	Adults in the U.S.	Erickson, 1995 [46]	HUI, Other	Yes	Yes
Javitz, 2011 [24]	Adults in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI, Other	Yes	Yes
Javitz, 2011 [24]	Adults in the U.S.	Erickson, 1995 [46]	HUI, Other	Yes	Yes
Kahn, 2008 [25]	Adults in the U.S.	Sullivan, 2006 [50]	EQ-5D Index	Yes	Yes
Keeler, 2002 [26]	Adults in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI	Yes	Yes
Knight, 2010 [27]	Adults in the U.S.	^bFiscella, 1996^b	HUI	Yes	^bNot clear
McMahon, 2011 [29]	Adults in the U.S.	Hanmer, 2006 [51]	EQ-5D Index	Yes	No
Ruger, 2008 [31]	Low-income pregnant women in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI, Other	Yes	Yes
		Cromwell, 1997 [18]
		Erickson, 1997 [46]
Solberg, 2006 [34]	Adults in the U.S.	Maciosek, 2005 [78]	Other	Yes	Yes
		Maciosek, 2001 [79]
		Miscellaneous sources related to stroke [80–86]
Tengs, 2001 [35]	Entire U.S. population	^aKaplan, 2007 [49]	QWB Scale, Other	Yes	Yes
Tengs, 2001 [35]	Entire U.S. population	Erikson, 1995 [46]	QWB Scale, Other	Yes	Yes
Tran, 2002 [36]	Adults in the U.S.	Fiscella, 1996 [20]	HUI	Yes	Yes
Villanti, 2012 [37]	Adult in the U.S.	Wang, 2001 [38]	HUI	Yes	Yes
Villanti, 2012 [37]	Adult in the U.S.	Javitz, 2004 [23]	HUI	Yes	Yes
Wang, 2001 [38]	Students in the U.S.	Cromwell, 1997 [18]	HUI	Yes	No

^aCited as “R. M. Kaplan, 1999, personal communication” in text. For the purpose of this analysis, we assume that the methodology described in [49] was used in this paper
^b“Utility values for the various model states were also drawn from a variety of literature sources [20–27].” Fiscella was one of these sources. We assume it is for QALYs associated with quitting smoking. Notes that sensitivity analyses were conducted for utility values, but not clear if sensitivity analysis done specifically for utility values associated with quitting smoking
^c HUI Health Utilities Index, QWB quality of well-being scale, EQ-5D EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcpublichealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com