Financial incentives for smoking cessation medication in european countries from the perspective of the angiology outpatient clinics

SOCHOR, Ondřej, Ivo HOFÍREK, Martin ČUTA and Šárka KUNZOVÁ. Financial incentives for smoking cessation medication in european countries from the perspective of the angiology outpatient clinics. In 3rd Annual Congress of the European Society for Vascular Medicine. 2017. ISSN 1664-2872.

Basic information

• Original name: Financial incentives for smoking cessation medication in european countries from the perspective of the angiology outpatient clinics
• Authors: SOCHOR, Ondřej (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Ivo HOFÍREK (203 Czech Republic), Martin ČUTA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Šárka KUNZOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: 3rd Annual Congress of the European Society for Vascular Medicine, 2017.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 30201 Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/17:00099208
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISSN: 1664-2872
• Keywords in English: smoking cessation; financial incentive; vascular health
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

There is a large disproportion in the access to the smoking cessation medication across European countries, with lower financial support in the eastern and central Europe. Majority of the European population suffers of limited access to the medication used for smoking cessation due to limited or no financial coverage by their health insurance companies. This gap is even bigger by restricted support for the prescriptions by vascular and other specialists.