BACKGROUND: Since 2005, in the Czech Republic the Centres for @entity286 -Dependent are being established at hospitals. METHODS: Evaluation of the activity of these 37 centres in 2012, economic analysis of treatment costs and assessment of the cost of life year gained (LYG). RESULTS: Most of the centres (26 of 37) are based at pulmonary clinics with opening hours for smokers: on average 7 hours/week. Treatment codes 25501 and 25503 are used at 28 centres. Entry visit usually takes on average 61 minutes, follow-up visits 22 minutes. @entity1239 replacement therapy and @entity4006 are indicated in all centres, but only 14 centres use @entity752 . Virtually all centres use links to other clinical disciplines, about 10.5 % of @entity1 are sent to other departments. The most common barriers for wider activity are insufficient salaries and staffing. In 2012, the Centre for @entity286 -Dependent at the 3rd Medical Department, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and the General University Hospital treated 430 @entity1 for the price of 3792 CZK per treated @entity1 ( 150 @entity7634 ), respectively, with 38 % success rate for the price of 10,003 CZK per abstinent @entity1 ( 400 @entity7634 ), or for 1,334 CZK per LYG ( 50 @entity7634 /LYG). CONCLUSION: In the future it would be good to improve working conditions in centres and to take advantage of their potential for the indispensable, effective and highly cost-effective treatment.

[Centres for XXXX -Dependent in the Czech Republic in 2012: overview and economy].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['Tobacco'] @entity4006 :: ('MESH:C500838', 'Chemical') :: ['varenicline'] @entity1239 :: ('MESH:D009538', 'Chemical') :: ['Nicotine'] @entity752 :: ('MESH:D016642', 'Chemical') :: ['bupropion'] @entity7634 :: ('9319', 'Species') :: ['Euro']
@entity286 :: (4097,Species) :: ['Tobacco']
