The estimated effect of reducing the maternal smoking rate on neonatal intensive care unit costs in Victorian public hospitals
N. McCaffrey
A B E , G. Dowling C and S. L. White D
A Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic. 3125, Australia.
B Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.
C Safer Care Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia. Email: gregory.dowling@safercare.vic.gov.au
D Quit Victoria, 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia. Email: sarah.white@cancervic.org.au
E Corresponding author. Email: nikki.mccaffrey@deakin.edu.au
Australian Health Review 45(4) 516-518 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH20277
Submitted: 30 September 2020 Accepted: 10 October 2020 Published: 9 March 2021
Abstract
This analysis estimates the expected number of Victorian public hospital neonatal intensive care unit cot-days that could be saved annually by reducing the maternal smoking rate. Approximately 106 cot-days could be saved if the maternal smoking rate was reduced from 8.4% to 6.4% (estimated annual cost saving of A$276 000).
Keywords: economic, hospital, pregnancy, quit, smoking cessation.
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