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Tobacco Intervention Practices of Primary Care Physicians Treating Lower Socioeconomic Status Patients
2012
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Tobacco use greatly contributes to overall socioeconomic health disparities and physicians are a major source of information about effective methods for tobacco cessation. This study examined the tobacco intervention practices of primary care physicians in Arkansas who treat a high proportion of lower SES patients. Greater than 70% of respondents' patients were covered by Medicaid and/or Medicare or paid for primary care services without health insurance. Although physicians were highly
doi:10.1097/maj.0b013e3182302749
pmid:22008779
pmcid:PMC3263323
fatcat:3eedwslfw5hjpphc5vxy6qye6i