Impact of increasing coverage for select smoking cessation therapies with no out-of-pocket cost among the medicaid population in Alabama, Georgia, and Maine

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-47

  Athar, Heba ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Contreary, Kara ^a   Xu, Xin ^b   Dube, Shanta R ^d   Chang, Man Huei ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; economic impact; Medicaid; public health impact; reducing out of pocket costs for smoking cessation treatments

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEORGIA; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAINE; MEDICAID; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ALABAMA; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MAINE; MEDICAID; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950341915     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000302     Document Type: Article

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