Treatment Recommendations: Counseling (Continued)
Meta-analysis (1996): Impact of having a tobacco use status identification system in place on abstinence rates among patients who smoke (n = 3 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) |
3 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
| Screening system in place to identify smoking status |
3 |
2.0 (0.8-4.8) |
6.4 (1.3-11.6) |
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