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. 2020 Aug 28;15(8):e0237967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237967

Table 1. Overview of main sources for model input parameters, by type.

Parameter type Description Source Ref
Demographics • Population structure: adults 35–100 years of age • Chile 2017 Census [23]
Epidemiology • Smoking prevalence (by sex and age group) • 2016–2017 National Health Survey [2]
Epidemiology • Mortality due to acute and chronic conditions (by sex and age group) • 2016 Deaths registry (DEIS) Health statistics—Ministry of Health [28]
• p>Globocan [22]
Epidemiology • Incidence, prevalence, and hospital care of acute and chronic conditions • Systematic Review [27]
• Health statistics—Ministry of Health [28]
• Use of specific equations • Globocan [22]
Epidemiology • Relative risks of mortality for smokers, ex-smokers, and never-smokers • Cancer prevention study II. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [26]
Epidemiology • Passive smoking • Cancer prevention study II. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [26]
Economics • Treatment costs for annual and acute events of conditions • AUGE Study of verification of the mean individual cost per beneficiary [29]
• Empirical study of costs in the public sector by FONASA [30]
• Delphi exercise with clinical experts done in Argentina [18]
• Chilean cost-effectiveness study [6]
Utilities • Several international sources reporting utilities in a 0–1 scale for the construction of QALYs • Systematic evaluation of various international sources for each of the conditions analyzed See Table 4
Economics • Tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes tax collection • 2017 Financial Treasury Report prepared by the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile [31]
Economics • Price elasticity of cigarette demand [- 0.45] • Study: “Tobacco control economics in Mercosur nations and associated countries: Chile” [16]