Estimating the health ‐care costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary health‐care data

ConclusionIn England, maternal smoking in pregnancy is associated with increased child health‐care costs over the first 5 years of life; these costs are driven primarily by greater hospital in‐patient care.

Source: Addiction - March 2, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Luis R. Vaz, Matthew J. Jones, Lisa Szatkowski, Laila J. Tata, Stavros Petrou, Tim Coleman Tags: Research Report Source Type: research