Insurance coverage of smoking cessation treatment for state employees.
Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessation treatment insurance coverage for their employees; of 45 states, 29 required coverage for at least 1 US Public Health Service (PHS)-recommended treatment, and only 17 of 45 provided coverage that was fully consistent with PHS recommendations.
Burns
Marguerite E
ME
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1930 Monroe St, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53711, USA. meburns@ctri.medicine.wisc.edu
Bosworth
Timothy W
TW
Fiore
Michael C
MC
D003376:Counseling / Q000191:economics; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000191:economics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014492:United States Public Health Service
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