Monday, January 13, 2014

According to a recent study

...the monthly adjusted cost during the year following hospitalization for an inpatient surgical procedure was $400 higher for current smokers and $273 higher for former smokers, compared to those who never smoked. Source: "Smoking Status and Health Care Costs in the Perioperative Period: A Population-Based Study," JAMA Surgery, abstract only, January 1, 2014, https://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1793209

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