Universal Tobacco Screening and Opt-Out Treatment Referral Strategy Among Patients Diagnosed With Cancer by Race and Ethnicity

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e249525. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9525.
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Plain language summary

This quality improvement study examines whether a universal screening and opt-out referral model could promote racial and ethnic equity in access and use of tobacco treatment among patients with cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms* / ethnology
  • Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data
  • Referral and Consultation* / statistics & numerical data
  • United States