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  • Health Economics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Smoking prevalence in Ireland is 20% among adults.
  • Smoking-related ill-health and disability are significant concerns.
  • Quantifying the impact on hospital services is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify smoking-attributable hospitalizations in Irish publicly-funded hospitals.
  • To estimate the economic burden of these hospitalizations.
  • To assess the impact on hospital bed occupancy.

Main Methods:

  • Population attributable fractions approach.
  • Utilized Healthy Ireland Survey data for smoking prevalence.
  • Combined with international relative risks and HIPE hospital data (2011-2016).

Main Results:

  • In 2016, smoking caused 21,486 day case and 33,615 inpatient admissions.
  • This resulted in 309,117 bed days and an estimated cost of €172 million.
  • Smoking accounted for 2% of day cases, 5% of inpatient admissions, and 8% of inpatient bed days.

Conclusions:

  • Smoking imposes a considerable burden on Irish hospital services.
  • Significant resources are allocated to treating smoking-related conditions.
  • Further interventions are needed to reduce smoking's impact.