Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Meta-analysis (1996): Impact of having a tobacco use status identification system in place on rates of clinician intervention with their patients who smoke (n = 9 studies)
| Screening system |
Number of arms |
Estimated odds ratio (95% C.I.) |
Estimated rate of clinician intervention (95% C.I.) |
| No screening system in place to identify smoking status (reference group) |
9 |
1.0 |
38.5 |
| Screening system in place to identify smoking status |
9 |
3.1 (2.2-4.2) |
65.6 (58.3-72.6) |
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