title: Use of pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation: analysis of pregnant and postpartum Medicaid enrollees.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Affordable Care Act requires state Medicaid programs to cover pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation without cost sharing for pregnant women. Little is known about use of these pharmacotherapies among Medicaid-enrolled women.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the prevalence of prescription fills for smoking-cessation pharmacotherapies during pregnancy and postpartum among Medicaid-enrolled women and to examine whether certain pregnancy complications or copayments are associated with prescription fills.
  
  
  METHODS
  Insurance claims data for women enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan in Maryland and who used tobacco during pregnancy from 2003 to 2010 were obtained (N=4,709) and analyzed in 2014. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the prevalence of smoking-cessation pharmacotherapy use during pregnancy and postpartum. Generalized estimating equations were employed to examine the relationship of pregnancy complications and copayments with prescription fills of smoking-cessation pharmacotherapies during pregnancy and postpartum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Few women filled any prescription for a smoking-cessation pharmacotherapy during pregnancy or postpartum (2.6% and 2.0%, respectively). Having any smoking-related pregnancy complication was positively associated with filling a smoking-cessation pharmacotherapy prescription during pregnancy (OR=1.69, 95% CI=1.08, 2.65) but not postpartum. Copayments were associated with significantly decreased odds of filling any prescription for smoking-cessation pharmacotherapies in the postpartum period (OR=0.38, 95% CI=0.22, 0.66).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking-related pregnancy complications and substance use are predictive of filling a prescription for pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation during pregnancy. Low use of pharmacotherapies during pregnancy is consistent with clinical guidelines; however, low use postpartum suggests an unmet need for cessation aids in Medicaid populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: mpj@pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Marian P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Jarlenski
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Columbia, Maryland.
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chisolm
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC, Baltimore, Columbia, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kachur
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Center for Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Columbia, Maryland.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Neale
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Columbia, Maryland; Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Columbia, Maryland.
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D008396:Maryland; D008484:Medicaid; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult