Hugh R Waters

Biographic Data

ID1268498
NAMEHugh R Waters
GIVEN NAMESHugh R
FAMILY NAMEWaters
SIGNATUREWATERS H R
AFFILIATIONSHugh R. Waters and Jonathan Samet are with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Steven S. Foldes and Nina L. Alesci are with the Center for Prevention, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, St Paul.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS29
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of India’s 2008 Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places in Gujarat

    Open AccessElisabeth A Donaldson, Hugh R Waters et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2011

    Tobacco smoking and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke are associated with disability and premature mortality in low and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of implementing India's Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules in the state of Gujarat, compared to implementation of a complete smoking ban. Using standard cost-effectiveness analysis methods, the cost of implementing the alternatives …

  • The economic impact of Mexico City's smoke-free law

    Open AccessCarlos Manuel Guerrero-López, Carlos Manuel Guerrero López et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2011

    There is no statistically significant evidence that the Mexico City smoke-free law had a negative impact on restaurants' income, employees' wages and levels of employment. On the contrary, the results show a positive, though statistically non-significant, impact of the law on most of these outcomes. Mexico City's experience suggests that smoke-free laws in Mexico and elsewhere will not hurt economic productivity in the restaurant and bar industri…

  • Self-reported price of cigarettes, consumption and compensatory behaviours in a cohort of Mexican smokers before and after a cigarette tax increase

    Belén Sáenz-De-Miera, James F Thrasher et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2010

    Results suggest that the 2007 tax increase was passed on to consumers, whose consumption generally declined. Since no other tobacco control policies or programmes were implemented during the period analysed, the tax increase appears likely to have decreased consumption

  • The Economic Impact of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota

    Hugh R Waters, Hugh Waters et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009References: 9

    Objectives. Using the risk categories established by the 2006 US surgeon general's report, we estimated medical treatment costs related to exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in the state of Minnesota. Methods. We estimated the prevalence and costs of treated medical conditions related to SHS exposure in 2003 with data from Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Minnesota's largest insurer), the Current Population Survey, and population attributable …

  • The financial protection impact of the public health system and private insurance in Brazil

    Antônio Miguel Gonçalves Bós, ANTÔNIO M BÓS et al.ARTICLECEPAL review2008Cited by: 1

    This research assesses the effectiveness of the Brazilian public health system and of private insurance in Brazil in providing financial protection in health care. The determinants of catastrophic health expenditures are estimated by probit regressions with Heckman selection adjustment controlling for health-care need. Findings show that the public system provides a significant reduction (47%) in the probability of a household having catastrophic…

  • Determinants of child morbidity in Latin America

    Open AccessLaurel E Hatt, Laurel Hatt et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 15References: 22

  • Measuring equity in access to health care

    Open AccessHugh R Waters, Hugh WatersARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2000Cited by: 13References: 10