A Longitudinal Study of Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments in Massachusetts and Associated Decreases in Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease

BACKGROUND: Insurance coverage of tobacco cessation medications increases their use and reduces smoking prevalence in a population. However, uncertainty about the impact of this coverage on health care utilization and costs is a barrier to the broader adoption of this policy, especially by publicly...

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Autores principales: Land, Thomas, Rigotti, Nancy A., Levy, Douglas E., Paskowsky, Mark, Warner, Donna, Kwass, Jo-Ann, Wetherell, LeAnn, 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/PMC3000429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000375

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000375

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