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Hospitalisation and costs attributable to tobacco smoking in Australia: 2001–2002

Susan F Hurley
Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00102.x
Published online: 2 January 2006

Susan F Hurley


  • School of Population Health, University of Melbourne; and Health Economics Consultant, Bainbridge Consultants, 532 Brunswick St, North Fitzroy, VIC 3068. susanhurleyATbainbridgeconsultants.com



Acknowledgements: 

This research was supported with funding from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and The Cancer Council Victoria. These funding bodies, per se, had no role in the design, conduct or interpretation of the study. I am a consultant to The Cancer Council Victoria. Dallas English provided advice on the methodology used by English et al.4

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  • 2. Hurley SF. Short-term impact of smoking cessation on myocardial infarction and stroke hospitalisations and costs in Australia. Med J Aust 2005; 183: 13-17. <MJA full text>
  • 3. English DR, Holman CD, Milne E, et al. The quantification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia 1995. Canberra: Department of Human Services and Health, 1995.
  • 4. English DR, Vu HTV, Knuiman MW. The impact of smoking on use of hospital services: the Busselton study. Aust N Z J Public Health 2002; 26: 225-230.
  • 5. White V, Hill D, Siahpush M, Bobevski I. How has the prevalence of cigarette smoking changed among Australian adults? Trends in smoking prevalence between 1980 and 2001. Tobacco Control 2003; 12 (Suppl II): ii67-ii74.
  • 6. VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control. Tobacco control: a blue chip investment in public health. Melbourne: VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, 2003. Available at: http://www.vctc.org.au/publ/reports/TC_S1April2003.pdf (accessed Aug 2005).

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