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900,000 days in hospital: The annual impact of smoking, alcohol, diet and physical activity on hospital use in Ontario |
Manuel DG, Perez R, Bennett C, Rosella L, Choi B |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Manuel DG, Perez R, Bennett C, Rosella L, Choi B. 900,000 days in hospital: The annual impact of smoking, alcohol, diet and physical activity on hospital use in Ontario. Toronto: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). 2014 Authors' objectives This report describes the proportion of Ontario adults at risk for four health behaviours—smoking, unhealthy alcohol consumption, poor diet and physical inactivity—and estimates the impact of these behaviours on hospital use and hospital costs in Ontario in 2011.
The researchers have created an online calculator to help Ontarians estimate their life expectancy and the amount of time they might expect to spend in hospital due to their habits and lifestyle choices. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Alcohol Drinkings; Diet; Physical Exertion; Smoking Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2075 Bayview Avenue, G-Wing, Toronto ON, Canada, M5N 3M5. Tel: 416-480-4055; Fax: 416-480-6048 Email: info@ices.on.ca AccessionNumber 32014001087 Date abstract record published 22/09/2014 |
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