Mississippi Medicaid tobacco-related cost
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy)
- Contributor(s):
- Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Jackson, MS : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, December 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cost of Illness Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- economics Smoking -- economics Tobacco Use -- economics Tobacco Use Disorder -- economics Smoking -- adverse effects State Government Humans Mississippi United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The negative effects of tobacco usage on health have been well studied, and there is a growing body of evidence documenting the increased risk for specific diseases associated with tobacco use. This higher risk calculates into greater health care costs for treating these diseases, much of which is paid by public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers with The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to review Mississippi Medicaid claims data and quantify the financial impact of tobacco use on Mississippi's Medicaid program. This issue brief summarizes Hilltop's findings and explores associated policy implications.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101744694 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101744694