title: Best practices for smoking cessation intervention for hospitalized patients.
abstract: A multi-disciplinary workgroup of health care professionals and consumers has developed evidence-based best practices guidelines, an algorithm and clinical pathways for smoking cessation intervention for hospitalized patients. These practice recommendations can be adapted for implementation in managed care settings.
authors.affiliation: Center for Government and Commerce, Health Care Excel Inc., Terre Haute, IN 47803, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeWeese
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010343:Patient Admission; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome