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024 7 _a10.4159/harvard.9780674422261
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780674422261
035 _a(DE-B1597)251242
035 _a(OCoLC)900816702
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050 4 _aRA776.9
072 7 _aBUS033040
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082 0 4 _a338.4/3306461
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aManning, Willard G.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Costs of Poor Health Habits /
_cWillard G. Manning, Emmett B. Keeler, Joseph P. Newhouse, Elizabeth M. Sloss, Jeffrey Wasserman.
250 _aReprint 2014
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©1991
300 _a1 online resource (223 p.) :
_b1 line illustration, 74 tables
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_t1. An Overview --
_t2. Conceptual Framework --
_t3. Data and Statistical Methods --
_t4. The External Costs of Smoking --
_t5. The External Costs of Heavy Drinking --
_t6. The External Costs of Sedentary Life-Styles --
_t7. Conclusions, Limitations, and Implications --
_tA Literature Review of the Costs of Smoking and Drinking --
_tB. Survival Parameters from the HRA Model --
_tC. HIE Habit Batteries --
_tD. Statistical Methods --
_tE . Comparability of HIE and NHIS --
_tF . Excise Taxes and Demand --
_tG. Parameters Used in the Cost Model --
_tH. A Note on the Alcohol Tax --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex --
_tSelected RAND Books
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aPoor health habits (drinking, smoking, lack of exercise) obviously take their toll on individuals and their families. The costs to society are less obvious but certainly more far-reaching. This investigation is the first to quantify the financial burden these detrimental habits place on American taxpayers. Willard Manning and his colleagues measure the direct costs of poor health habits (fire damage, motor vehicle accidents, legal fees), as well as collectively financed costs (medical care, employee sick leave, group health and life insurance, nursing home care, retirement pensions, liability insurance). Consider two co-workers covered by their employer's health plan: both pay the same premium, yet if one drinks heavily, the other--through their mutual insurance program--involuntarily funds the resulting health problems. After laying out their conceptual framework, methods, and analytical approach, the authors describe precisely how and to what extent drinking, smoking, and lack of exercise are currently subsidized, and make recommendations for reducing or reallocating the expense. They present, for example, a persuasive case for raising excise taxes on alcohol. The authors correlate their data to make costs comparable, to avoid double counting, and to determine the exact costs of each of these poor health habits and some of their findings are quite surprising. This unique study will be indispensable to public health policy specialists and researchers, as well as to health economists.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aAlkoholismus.
650 0 _aAlkoholkonsum.
650 0 _aBewegungsmangel.
650 0 _aCosts and Cost Analysis.
650 0 _aGesundheitsschaden.
650 0 _aGesundheitswesen.
650 0 _aHealth Behavior.
650 0 _aHealth behavior.
650 0 _aLife Style.
650 0 _aLifestyles.
650 0 _aRauchen.
650 0 _aSoziale Kosten.
650 0 _aWirtschaft.
650 4 _aAlcohol Drinking -- economics.
650 4 _aHealth behavior -- Economic aspects.
650 4 _aLife Style.
650 4 _aMEDICAL / Health Risk Assessment.
650 4 _aMEDICAL / Public Health.
650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Health.
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700 1 _aKeeler, Emmett B.
_eautore
700 1 _aNewhouse, Joseph P.
_eautore
700 1 _aSloss, Elizabeth M.
_eautore
700 1 _aWasserman, Jeffrey
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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