Association of the Affordable Care Act with Smoking and Tobacco Treatment Utilization among Adults Newly Enrolled in Health Care

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 535-541

  Young Wolff, Kelly C ^a,b   Klebaner, Daniella ^a   Campbell, Cynthia I ^a,b   Weisner, Constance ^a,b   Satre, Derek D ^a,b   Adams, Alyce S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; health care reform; integrated health care; smoking; tobacco treatment

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE LOZENGE; NICOTINE PATCH; NOSE SPRAY; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015045927     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000712     Document Type: Article

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