Denying coronary bypass surgery to smokers increases overall state costs due to unemployment, sickness benefits, expensive medications, and repeated hospital admissions for chest pain.
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than the cost of operating.Patients not given opera- tions are unemployable, need sickness benefits, remain on multiple expensive medication, and require repeated hospital admissions for chest pains.Money is saved on the surgical units at the expense of the state.
Roger Higgs (Sat,) reported a other. Denying coronary bypass surgery to smokers increases overall state costs due to unemployment, sickness benefits, expensive medications, and repeated hospital admissions for chest pain.