Systems-Level Smoking Cessation Activities by Private Health Plans

Systems-Level Smoking Cessation Activities by Private Health Plans

IntroductionThe US Public Health Service urges providers to screen patients for smoking and advise smokers to quit. Yet, these practices are not widely implemented in clinical practice. This study provides national estimates of systems-level strategies used by private health insurance plans to influ...

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Main Authors: Sharon Reif, PhD, Constance M. Horgan, ScD, Deborah W. Garnick, ScD, Deborah L. McLellan, MHS, MA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-01-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
systems-level smoking cessation
private health plans
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/jan/09_0236.htm

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