Patient education using a spreadsheet.
Many general practices use a computer, but it can be used for more than accounts and medical records. Preparation of patient information documents is another ideal application. The author shows how a spreadsheet programme can be used to do this showing the cost of smoking both in dollars and loss of life expectancy.
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D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013997:Time Factors