New Managed Care Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion (A Safety Net Tobacco Use Cessation Resource: Quitline Service Usage, 2019): Managed Care

2023 DEC 08 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Quitlines are free, accessible evidence-based services that may provide an important resource for people facing barriers to clinic-al treatment for cessation of tobacco use. Using 2019 intake data from the National Quitline Data Warehouse, we examined quitline service usage, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, “Only US quitlines reporting service type data were included (n = 40 [of 51]). Callers (aged >12 years) who registered with a quitline, reported current use of a to-bacco product, and received at least 1 service comprised the analytic data. Chi-square tests examined differences in quitline services received by participant characteristics. In 2019, 182,544 people reporting current use of a tobacco product received at least 1 service from a quitline in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Among them, 80.4% had attained less than a college or university degree and 70.4% were uninsured or enrolled in Medicaid or in Medicare (aged < 65 years). By education-al attainment (aged >= 25 years), receipt of cessation medications ranged from 59.4% of callers with a college or university degree to 65.0% of callers with a high school diploma (P < .001). The range by insurance coverage was 59.3% of callers with private insurance to 74.7% of callers with Medicare (aged < 65 years) (P < .001). Quitlines served as a resource for low-SES populations in 2019, providing cessation services to many people who may face barriers to clinical cessation treatment.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Strengthening and expanding quitlines may help to increase cessation among populations with a disproportionately high prevalence of tobacco product use and improve the health and well-being of people in the US.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: A Safety Net Tobacco Use Cessation Resource: Quitline Service Usage, 2019. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2023;20. Preventing Chronic Disease can be contacted at: Centers Disease Control & Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sonia M. Tetlow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Ms S107-7, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States. Additional authors for this research include Lei Zhang, Andrea S. Gentzke, Teresa W. Wang, Monica E. Cornelius, Nikki A. Hawkins, Mateusz Borowiecki and Yoonsang Kim.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.230033. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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