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Effect of Gaining Insurance Coverage on Smoking Cessation in Community Health Centers: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health center (CHC) patients have high rates of smoking. Insurance coverage for smoking cessation assistance, such as that mandated by the Affordable Care Act, may aid in smoking cessation in this vulnerable population.

Objective

We aimed to determine if uninsured CHC patients who gain Medicaid coverage experience greater primary care utilization, receive more cessation medication orders, and achieve higher quit rates, compared to continuously uninsured smokers.

Design

Longitudinal observational cohort study using electronic health record data from a network of Oregon CHCs linked to Oregon Medicaid enrollment data.

Patients

Cohort of patients who smoke and who gained Medicaid coverage in 2008-2011 after ≥ 6 months of being uninsured and with ≥ 1 smoking assessment in the 24-month follow-up period from the baseline smoking status date. This group was propensity score matched to a cohort of continuously uninsured CHC patients who smoke (n = 4140 matched pairs; 8280 patients).

Intervention

Gaining Medicaid after being uninsured for ≥ 6 months.

Main measures

'Quit' smoking status (baseline smoking status was 'current every day' or 'some day' and status change to 'former smoker' at a subsequent visit), smoking cessation medication order, and ≥ 6 documented visits (yes/no variables) at ≥ 1 smoking status assessment within the 24-month follow-up period.

Key results

The newly insured had 40 % increased odds of quitting smoking (aOR = 1.40, 95 % CI:1.24, 1.58), nearly triple the odds of having a medication ordered (aOR = 2.94, 95 % CI:2.61, 3.32), and over twice the odds of having ≥ 6 follow-up visits (aOR = 2.12, 95 % CI:1.94, 2.32) compared to their uninsured counterparts.

Conclusions

Newly insured patients had increased odds of quit smoking status over 24 months of follow-up than those who remained uninsured. Providing insurance coverage to vulnerable populations may have a significant impact on smoking cessation.

SUBMITTER: Bailey SR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5023615 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Gaining Insurance Coverage on Smoking Cessation in Community Health Centers: A Cohort Study.

Bailey Steffani R SR Hoopes Megan J MJ Marino Miguel M Heintzman John J O'Malley Jean P JP Hatch Brigit B Angier Heather H Fortmann Stephen P SP DeVoe Jennifer E JE

Journal of general internal medicine 20160621 10

<h4>Background</h4>Community health center (CHC) patients have high rates of smoking. Insurance coverage for smoking cessation assistance, such as that mandated by the Affordable Care Act, may aid in smoking cessation in this vulnerable population.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to determine if uninsured CHC patients who gain Medicaid coverage experience greater primary care utilization, receive more cessation medication orders, and achieve higher quit rates, compared to continuously uninsured smoker ...[more]

PMID: 27329121

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Effect of Gaining Insurance Coverage on Smoking Cessation in Community Health Centers: A Cohort Study.

Background

Objective

Design

Patients

Intervention

Main measures

Key results

Conclusions

Publications

Effect of Gaining Insurance Coverage on Smoking Cessation in Community Health Centers: A Cohort Study.

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