Researchers from University of California – San Francisco Report Findings in Behavioral Health Services & Research (Association of Medicaid Expansion and Health Insurance with Receipt of Smoking Cessation Services and Smoking Behaviors in …)

2019 AUG 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Behavior Research - Behavioral Health Services & Research. According to news reporting from San Francisco, United States, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study examined whether living in a Medicaid-expanded state or having health insurance was associated with receipt of smoking cessation services or smoking behaviors among substance use disorder (SUD) treatment clients. In 2015 and 2016, 1702 SUD clients in 14 states were surveyed for health insurance status, smoking cessation services received in their treatment program, and smoking behaviors.”

Financial support for this research came from National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of California - San Francisco, “Services and behaviors were then compared by state Medicaid expansion and health insurance status independently. Clients in Medicaid-expanded states were more likely to be insured (89.9% vs. 54.4%, p<0.001) and to have quit smoking during treatment (AOR=3.77, 95% CI=2.47, 5.76). Insured clients had higher odds of being screened for smoking status in their treatment program and making quit attempts in the past year.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Medicaid expansion supports greater health insurance coverage of individuals in SUD treatment and may enhance smoking cessation.”

For more information on this research see: Association of Medicaid Expansion and Health Insurance with Receipt of Smoking Cessation Services and Smoking Behaviors in Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 2019;():. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1094-3412/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D. Yip, Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, 3333 California St, Ste 265, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States. Additional authors for this research include N. Gubner, T. Le, D. Williams, K. Delucchi and J. Guydish.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-019-09669-1. 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.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research is: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA.

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