How Long to Read The Costs of Poor Health Habits

How Long Does it Take to Read The Costs of Poor Health Habits?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 45 minutes to read The Costs of Poor Health Habits by Willard G. Manning

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Poor health habits (drinking, smoking, lack of exercise) obviously take their toll on individuals and their families. The costs to society are less obvious but certainly more far-reaching. This investigation is the first to quantify the financial burden these detrimental habits place on American taxpayers. Willard Manning and his colleagues measure the direct costs of poor health habits (fire damage, motor vehicle accidents, legal fees), as well as collectively financed costs (medical care, employee sick leave, group health and life insurance, nursing home care, retirement pensions, liability insurance). Consider two co-workers covered by their employer's health plan: both pay the same premium, yet if one drinks heavily, the other--through their mutual insurance program--involuntarily funds the resulting health problems. After laying out their conceptual framework, methods, and analytical approach, the authors describe precisely how and to what extent drinking, smoking, and lack of exercise are currently subsidized, and make recommendations for reducing or reallocating the expense. They present, for example, a persuasive case for raising excise taxes on alcohol. The authors correlate their data to make costs comparable, to avoid double counting, and to determine the exact costs of each of these poor health habits and some of their findings are quite surprising. This unique study will be indispensable to public health policy specialists and researchers, as well as to health economists.

How long is The Costs of Poor Health Habits?

The Costs of Poor Health Habits by Willard G. Manning is 223 pages long, and a total of 56,419 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Costs of Poor Health Habits Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Costs of Poor Health Habits aloud.

What Reading Level is The Costs of Poor Health Habits?

The Costs of Poor Health Habits is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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