TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - California KW - Female KW - Health Care Surveys KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice KW - Humans KW - Interviews as Topic KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Medicaid/economics KW - Middle Aged KW - Preventive Health Services/economics KW - Primary Health Care/economics KW - Professional Competence KW - Smoking Cessation/economics/methods KW - State Health Plans/economics KW - Tobacco Use Disorder/economics/therapy KW - United States AU - S. B. McMenamin AU - H. A. Halpin AU - J. K. Ibrahim AU - C. T. Orleans A1 - AB - BACKGROUND: The 2000 Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, recommends health insurance coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments proven effective in helping smokers to quit. Two states with comprehensive coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments in their Medicaid programs were selected to document awareness of coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments among primary care physicians who treat Medicaid enrollees and Medicaid-enrolled smokers. METHODS: In 2000, surveys were conducted among Medicaid smokers (n =400) and physicians (n =160) to document knowledge of covered tobacco-dependence treatments under state Medicaid programs in two states with comprehensive coverage. RESULTS: Only 36% of Medicaid-enrolled smokers and 60% of Medicaid physicians knew that their state Medicaid program offered any coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments. Physicians were more than twice as likely to know that pharmacotherapies were covered compared to counseling. CONCLUSIONS: Greater effort is needed to make Medicaid smokers and physicians aware that effective pharmacotherapies and counseling services are available to assist in treating tobacco dependence. Additionally, future research should explore the methods that are most effective in informing patients and providers regarding covered benefits. BT - American Journal of Preventive Medicine C5 - Financing & Sustainability CP - 2 CY - Netherlands IS - 2 JF - American Journal of Preventive Medicine N2 - BACKGROUND: The 2000 Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, recommends health insurance coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments proven effective in helping smokers to quit. Two states with comprehensive coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments in their Medicaid programs were selected to document awareness of coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments among primary care physicians who treat Medicaid enrollees and Medicaid-enrolled smokers. METHODS: In 2000, surveys were conducted among Medicaid smokers (n =400) and physicians (n =160) to document knowledge of covered tobacco-dependence treatments under state Medicaid programs in two states with comprehensive coverage. RESULTS: Only 36% of Medicaid-enrolled smokers and 60% of Medicaid physicians knew that their state Medicaid program offered any coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments. Physicians were more than twice as likely to know that pharmacotherapies were covered compared to counseling. CONCLUSIONS: Greater effort is needed to make Medicaid smokers and physicians aware that effective pharmacotherapies and counseling services are available to assist in treating tobacco dependence. Additionally, future research should explore the methods that are most effective in informing patients and providers regarding covered benefits. PP - Netherlands PY - 2004 SN - 0749-3797; 0749-3797 SP - 99 EP - 104 EP - T1 - Physician and enrollee knowledge of Medicaid coverage for tobacco dependence treatments T2 - American Journal of Preventive Medicine TI - Physician and enrollee knowledge of Medicaid coverage for tobacco dependence treatments U1 - Financing & Sustainability U2 - 14751319 VL - 26 VO - 0749-3797; 0749-3797 Y1 - 2004 ER -