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Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program.

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Davis, JM; Thomas, LC; Dirkes, JEH; Swartzwelder, HS
Published in: Int J Environ Res Public Health
August 21, 2020

Most people who smoke and develop cancer are unable to quit smoking. To address this, many cancer centers have now opened smoking cessation programs specifically designed to help cancer patients to quit. An important question has now emerged-what is the most effective approach for engaging smokers within a cancer center in these smoking cessation programs? We report outcomes from a retrospective observational study comparing three referral methods-traditional referral, best practice advisory (BPA), and direct outreach-on utilization of the Duke Cancer Center Smoking Cessation Program. We found that program utilization rate was higher for direct outreach (5.4%) than traditional referral (0.8%), p < 0.001, and BPA (0.2%); p < 0.001. Program utilization was 6.4% for all methods combined. Inferring a causal relationship between referral method and program utilization was not possible because the study did not use a randomized design. Innovation is needed to generate higher utilization rates for cancer center smoking cessation programs.

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Int J Environ Res Public Health

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EISSN

1660-4601

Publication Date

August 21, 2020

Volume

17

Issue

17

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Toxicology
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Patients
  • Neoplasms
  • Medicare
  • Male
 

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Davis, J. M., Thomas, L. C., Dirkes, J. E. H., & Swartzwelder, H. S. (2020). Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176089
Davis, James M., Leah C. Thomas, Jillian E. H. Dirkes, and H Scott Swartzwelder. “Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program.Int J Environ Res Public Health 17, no. 17 (August 21, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176089.
Davis JM, Thomas LC, Dirkes JEH, Swartzwelder HS. Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 21;17(17).
Davis, James M., et al. “Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program.Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 17, no. 17, Aug. 2020. Pubmed, doi:10.3390/ijerph17176089.
Davis JM, Thomas LC, Dirkes JEH, Swartzwelder HS. Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 21;17(17).

Published In

Int J Environ Res Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1660-4601

Publication Date

August 21, 2020

Volume

17

Issue

17

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Toxicology
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Patients
  • Neoplasms
  • Medicare
  • Male