Clinicians' awareness of the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation treatment for pregnant women covered by Medicaid

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 686-688

  Tong, Van T ^a   England, Lucinda J ^a   Malarcher, Ann ^a   Mahoney, Jeanne ^b   Anderson, Britta ^b   Schulkin, Jay ^b  

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

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Medicaid; Obstetricians gynecologists; Pregnancy; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84940475862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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