Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments in Massachusetts and Associated Decreases in Smoking Prevalence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Land, Thomas ^a   Warner, Donna ^a   Paskowsky, Mark ^a   Cammaerts, Ayesha ^b   Wetherell, LeAnn ^a   Kaufmann, Rachel ^c   Zhang, Lei ^c   Malarcher, Ann ^c   Pechacek, Terry ^c   Keithly, Lois ^a  

^a Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954641558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009770     Document Type: Article

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