Availability and Characteristics of Hospital-Affiliated Tobacco-Cessation Programs in the U.S., 2000-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking-cessation interventions can increase successful quitting, reduce healthcare costs, and enhance patients' health and well-being. This study assesses changes in the availability of hospital-affiliated smoking-cessation programs over time in the U.S. and examines the hospital characteristics associated with such programs.

Methods

Data were obtained from the American Hospital Association annual surveys. Joinpoint regressions were used to estimate the trends in having hospital-affiliated cessation programs between 2000 and 2018. A logit regression was used to estimate the association between hospital characteristics (bed size, location, teaching status, ownership) and having any hospital-affiliated cessation program. Analyses were conducted in 2019.

Result

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature