What is the likely impact on surgical site infections in Australian hospitals if smoking rates are reduced? A cost analysis

• Nikki McCaffrey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nikki.mccaffrey@deakin.edu.au

  Affiliations Deakin Health Economics, School of Health & Social Development, Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia, Quit, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-3723

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• Michelle Scollo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Emma Dean,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Quit, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Population Health, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Sarah L. White

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Quit, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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