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Receipt of Advice to Quit Smoking in Medicare Managed Care—United States, 1998
JAMA. 2000;284:1779-1781.
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MMWR. 2000;49:797-801
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In the United States, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, and smokers who stop at any age reduce their risk for premature death.1 Because older smokers are more likely to report having seen a physician during the preceding year (84% in 1992) compared with younger smokers (69%),2 health-care providers have many opportunities to advise older smokers to quit. To characterize smoking and advice to quit among Medicare managed-care recipients, the Health Care Financing Administration and CDC analyzed data from the 1998 Health Outcomes Survey (HOS). This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicates that approximately 13% of enrollees in Medicare managed care reported they were current smokers, and among those who visited a physician or health-care provider, approximately 71% reported receiving advice to quit.
HOS is an ongoing, 2-year, longitudinal cohort survey administered to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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