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Although the World Health Organization advocates §that countries provide comprehensive smoking §cessation services, few countries do. While the §United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia §have developed tobacco treatment guidelines, few §physicians adhere to them. Taiwan implemented the §Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services program in §2002. Between 2002 and 2005, about 3500 physicians §(10% of all physicians in Taiwan) completed the §training and were certified to provide smoking §cessation services. However, only 20,000 smokers §(0.5%) have received treatment for their addictions §in 2003. To promote these services to smokers, the §Taiwanese government increased reimbursement rates §and medication subsidies in 2005. This book provides §an analysis of the effects of increasing in §reimbursement rates and medication subsidies on §physician participation in the program, patient §utilization of services and cessation outcomes at §six-month follow-up. Provider and consumer §determinants on the provision, utilization, and §smoking cessation outcomes are also presented.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Health & personal development Family & health

• Full title: Financing Smoking Cessation Services
• Subtitle: The Impact of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services in Taiwan
• Author: Fong-Ching Chang
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100
• EAN: 9783639071207
• ISBN: 3639071204
• ID: 06816410
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Weight: 145 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. September 2008

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