Predictors of Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Use Among Veterans Admitted for COPD: The Role of Disparities and Tobacco Control Processes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many smokers admitted for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not given smoking cessation medications at discharge. The reasons behind this are unclear, and may reflect an interplay of patient characteristics, health disparities, and the receipt of inpatient tobacco control processes.

Objectives

We aimed to assess potential disparities in treatment for tobacco use following discharge for COPD, examined in the context of inpatient tobacco control processes.

Participants

Smokers aged ≥ 40 years, admitted for treatment of a COPD exacerbation within the VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, identified using ICD-9 discharge codes and admission diagnoses from 2005-2012.

Main measures

The outcome was any tobacco cessation medication dispen

SUBMITTER: Melzer AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4870422 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature