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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedCartmell KB, Dismuke CE, Dooley M
Effect of an evidence-based inpatient tobacco dependence treatment service on 1-year postdischarge health care costs.
In 2014, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) implemented a Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service (TDTS) consistent with the Joint Commission (JC) standards recommending that hospitals screen patients for smoking, provide cessation support, and follow-up contact for relapse prevention within 1 month of discharge. This paper examined whether exposure to the TDTS influenced downstream health care charges 12 months after patients were discharged from the hospital.
AHRQ-funded; HS023863.
Citation: Cartmell KB, Dismuke CE, Dooley M .
Effect of an evidence-based inpatient tobacco dependence treatment service on 1-year postdischarge health care costs.
Med Care 2018 Oct;56(10):883-89. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000979..
Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Inpatient Care, Screening, Substance Abuse, Tobacco Use: Smoking Cessation
Russo ET, Reid M, Taher R
Referral strategies to a tobacco quitline and racial and/or ethnic differences in participation.
This study evaluated the reach of two referral strategies to the Massachusetts tobacco-use quitline among African American and Hispanic smokers in Boston. The two strategies were a provider-referred strategy based in pediatric and dental clinics and a large-scale, targeted media campaign that promoted self-referral to the quitline. Demographic characteristics of the quitline participants during the study period were compared between the two strategies. Characteristics of self-referred smokers were also compared in the years before and after the media campaign, as were the characteristics of quitline participants with smokers in the 2010 Boston Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. The results indicate that the media campaign was associated with higher quitline participation overall, but that the provider-referred strategy which was based in community health centers, yielded greater participation from African American and Hispanic smokers.
AHRQ-funded; HS024332; HS022986.
Citation: Russo ET, Reid M, Taher R .
Referral strategies to a tobacco quitline and racial and/or ethnic differences in participation.
Pediatrics 2018 Jan;141(Suppl 1):S30-s39. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-1026G..
Keywords: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Prevention, Tobacco Use, Tobacco Use: Smoking Cessation