Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments in Massachusetts and Associated Decreases in Smoking Prevalence

BACKGROUND: Approximately 50% of smokers die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. In July 2006, the Massachusetts health care reform law mandated tobacco cessation coverage for the Massachusetts Medicaid population. The new benefit included behavioral counseling and all medications approved fo...

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Autores principales: Land, Thomas, Warner, Donna, Paskowsky, Mark, Cammaerts, Ayesha, Wetherell, LeAnn, Kaufmann, Rachel, Zhang, Lei, Malarcher, Ann, Pechacek, Terry, Keithly, Lois
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20305787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009770

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