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The Costs of Poor Health Habits (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,374
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The Costs of Poor Health Habits (Hardcover): Willard G. Manning, Emmett B. Keeler, Joseph P Newhouse

The Costs of Poor Health Habits (Hardcover)

Willard G. Manning, Emmett B. Keeler, Joseph P Newhouse

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Poor 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.

General

Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2014
First published: October 2013
Authors: Willard G. Manning • Emmett B. Keeler • Joseph P Newhouse
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-42225-4
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Insurance > General
Books > Money & Finance > Insurance > General
LSN: 0-674-42225-2
Barcode: 9780674422254

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