Trends in tobacco use and tobacco cessation counselling codes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001–2014

Trends in tobacco use and tobacco cessation counselling codes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001–2014

Abstract Background Analysis of Medicare data is often used to determine epidemiology, healthcare utilization and effectiveness of disease treatments. We were interested in whether Medicare data could be used to estimate prevalence of tobacco use. Currently, data regarding tobacco use is derived fro...

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Main Authors: Shawn P. E. Nishi, Jie Zhou, Young-Fang Kuo, Gulshan Sharma, James Goodwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Medicare
Tobacco cessation
Tobacco counselling
Tobacco use
Tobacco prevalence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4368-7

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