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Smoking and consistently high use of medical care among older HMO members

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  • Freeborn, D.K.
  • Mullooly, J.P.
  • Pope, C.R.
  • McFarland, B.H.

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Smoking behavior of consistently high and low users of medical care services compared in two groups of older health maintenance organization (HMO) members continuously enrolled for five years and a subgroup who were continuously enrolled for 10 years. Smokers and former smokers, combined, were more likely than never-smokers to be consistently high users of ambulatory services (52 percent vs 34 percent in the five-year group, and 45 percent vs 30 percent in the 10-year group).

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  • Freeborn, D.K. & Mullooly, J.P. & Pope, C.R. & McFarland, B.H., 1990. "Smoking and consistently high use of medical care among older HMO members," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 80(5), pages 603-605.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1990:80:5:603-605_7
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    1. Jennifer W. Kahende & Bishwa Adhikari & Emmanuel Maurice & Valerie Rock & Ann Malarcher, 2009. "Disparities in Health Care Utilization by Smoking Status – NHANES 1999-2004," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-12, March.

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