Financing Smoking Cessation Services: The Impact of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services in Taiwan Reviews

Financing Smoking Cessation Services: The Impact of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services in Taiwan

Although the World Health Organization advocates that countries provide comprehensive smoking cessation services, few countries do. While the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia have developed tobacco treatment guidelines, few physicians adhere to them. Taiwan implemented the Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services program in 2002. Between 2002 and 2005, about 3500 physicians (10% of all physicians in Taiwan) completed the training and were certified to provide smoking cessation services. However, only 20,000 smokers (0.5%) have received treatment for their addictions in 2003. To promote these services to smokers, the Taiwanese government increased reimbursement rates and medication subsidies in 2005. This book provides an an

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Financing Smoking Cessation Services: The Impact of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services in Taiwan



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