ArticleMedical care2018
Effect of an Evidence-based Inpatient Tobacco Dependence Treatment Service on 1-Year Postdischarge Health Care Costs.
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- Prospective study of predictors of continuous smoking abstinence after hospital discharge.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
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- Initiation of a tobacco treatment program within an inpatient substance use treatment facility: A case study.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Implementation of an "opt-out" tobacco treatment program in six hospitals in South Carolina.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Training Medical Student Counselors for the Rochester Model, a Hospital Tobacco Treatment Program.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- A Financial Incentives Program to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Recently Hospitalized Individuals: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Integrating Tobacco Dependence Treatment into Hospital Practice Using the Rochester Model.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Integrating Social Determinants of Health With Tobacco Treatment for Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Delivery Through Text Messaging.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- Associations between cancer diagnosis and patients' responses to an inpatient tobacco treatment intervention.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
- Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Access to Care and Hospitalization Charges for Lupus Patients.Arthritis care & research · 2020Article
- Association of a Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Program With Smoking Abstinence Among Patients With Cancer.JAMA network open · 2019Article
- Coming Complications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Time to GNASH Your Teeth.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2019Article
- Healthcare Costs of Smokers Using Varenicline Versus Nicotine-Replacement Therapy Patch in the United States: Evidence from Real-World Practice.Advances in therapy · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn 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. We previously demonstrated that patients exposed to the MUSC TDTS were approximately half as likely to be smoking one month after discharge and 23% less likely to have a 30-day hospital readmission. This paper examines whether exposure to the TDTS influenced downstream health care charges 12 months after patients were discharged from the hospital.
methodsData from MUSC's electronic health records, the TDTS, and statewide health care utilization datasets (eg, hospitalization, emergency department, and ambulatory surgery visits) were linked to assess how exposure to the MUSC TDTS impacted health care charges. Total health care charges were compared for patients with and without TDTS exposure. To reduce potential TDTS exposure selection bias, propensity score weighting was used to balance baseline characteristics between groups. The cost of delivering the MUSC TDTS intervention was calculated, along with cost per smoker.
resultsThe overall adjusted mean health care charges for smokers exposed to the TDTS were $7299 lower than for those who did not receive TDTS services (P=0.047). The TDTS cost per smoker was modest by comparison at $34.21 per smoker eligible for the service. DISCUSSION: Results suggest that implementation of a TDTS consistent with JC standards for smoking cessation can be affordably implemented and yield substantial health care savings that would benefit patients, hospitals, and insurers.
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