This study provides robust evidence supporting the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation programs for hospitalized patients .
In addition , the results indicated that the degree of cost-effectiveness of the inpatient smoking cessation program might not be related to either the components of the program or method ological variations in the cost-effectiveness analysis .
This systematic review examined the characteristics of published cost-effectiveness analyses of  inpatient smoking cessation programs  and assessed the method ological quality of the selected studies , to provide policymakers with economic evidence for this type of program .
Cost-effectiveness of a hospital-based smoking cessation intervention.
OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a  smoking cessation and relapse-prevention program  for hospitalized adult smokers from the perspective of an implementing hospital . It is an economic analysis of a two-group , controlled clinical trial in two acute care hospitals owned by a large group-model health maintenance organization . The intervention included a 20-minute bedside counseling session with an experienced health counselor , a 12-minute video , self-help material s , and one or two follow-up calls . METHODS Outcome measures were incremental cost ( above usual care ) per quit attributable to the intervention and incremental cost per discounted life-year saved attributable to the intervention . RESULTS Cost of the research intervention was $ 159 per smoker , and incremental cost per incremental quit was $ 3,697 . Incremental cost per incremental discounted life-year saved ranged between $ 1,691 and $ 7,444 , much less than most other routine medical procedures . Replication scenarios suggest that , with realistic implementation assumptions , total intervention costs would decline significantly and incremental cost per incremental discounted life-year saved would be reduced by more than 90 % , to approximately $ 380 . CONCLUSIONS Providing brief smoking cessation advice to hospitalized smokers is relatively inexpensive , cost-effective , and should become a part of the st and ard of inpatient care
This study provides robust evidence supporting the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation programs for hospitalized patients .
In addition , the results indicated that the degree of cost-effectiveness of the inpatient smoking cessation program might not be related to either the components of the program or method ological variations in the cost-effectiveness analysis .
This systematic review examined the characteristics of published cost-effectiveness analyses of  inpatient smoking cessation programs  and assessed the method ological quality of the selected studies , to provide policymakers with economic evidence for this type of program .