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Using Medicaid datasets to measure tobacco use : a review
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06/01/2022
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Description:Tobacco use causes 480,000 premature deaths each year, making it the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Adults enrolled in Medicaid smoke cigarettes at twice the rate as those on private insurance. Given increased rates of tobacco use in the Medicaid population, State and Territorial Health Agencies (S/THAs) must be able to quantify tobacco users to inform prevention strategies and better tailored public health and Medicaid programs and policies.
In collaboration with CDC, ASTHO is leading an effort to explore how states can use Medicaid data to quantify tobacco use within this population, identify related best practices, and make recommendations for scaling. ASTHO reviewed Medicaid enrollment forms and held key informant interviews with S/THAs and Medicaid agencies. In general, most states rely on publicly available datasets such as CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
This project and publication were made possible by Grant Number 5 NU38OT000290-04-00 from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC’s Office of Smoking and Health.
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