Medicaid Coverage Expansions and Cigarette Smoking Cessation among Low-income Adults

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1023-1029

  Koma, Jonathan W ^a   Donohue, Julie M ^b   Barry, Colleen L ^c   Huskamp, Haiden A ^d   Jarlenski, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACA; insurance; Medicaid; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCOME; INSURANCE; POVERTY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; TOBACCO USE CESSATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034830892     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000821     Document Type: Article

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