Disparity in the use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy among medicaid and general population smokers

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-345

  Murphy, Jill ^a,b   Mahoney, Martin C ^a,b   Hyland, Andrew J ^a,b   Higbee, Cheryl ^a,b   Cummings, K Michael ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income; Medicaid; smoking cessation; tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 23244449699     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200507000-00013     Document Type: Article

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