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. 2024 May 30;7(5):e2413869. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13869

Table 2. Cigarette Smoking Status and Health Care Utilization of the Study Sample, National Health Interview Surveys, 2014-2018.

Variable No. of adults with CLRD (weighted %)
Aged 34-64 y (n = 7400) Aged ≥65 y (n = 5617)
Cigarette smoking status
Current smoker 2580 (32.4) 1029 (17.4)
Former smoker 1924 (26.0) 2823 (50.9)
<15 y 1203 (16.0) 1045 (18.4)
≥15 y 721 (10.0) 1778 (32.5)
Never smoker 2896 (41.5) 1765 (31.7)
Health care utilization
Hospital nights in the past 12 mo
Yes, having ≥1 1395 (17.1) 1484 (25.6)
Mean No. of nights among those with ≥1 night (SEM) 9.2 (0.6) 8.8 (0.4)
ED visits in the past 12 mo
Yes, having ≥1 visit 2991 (38.1) 2140 (37.9)
Mean No. of visits among those with ≥1 visit (SEM) 2.8 (0.1) 2.2 (0.1)
Physician visits in the past 2 wk
Yes, having ≥1 visit 2816 (36.3) 2429 (42.8)
Mean No. of visits among those with ≥1 visit (SEM) 1.7 (0.0) 1.6 (0.0)
Home health visits in the past 2 wk
Yes, having ≥1 visit 259 (2.6) 466 (7.5)
Mean No. of visits among those with ≥1 visit (SEM) 5.3 (0.3) 5.6 (0.2)

Abbreviations: CLRD, chronic lower respiratory disease; ED, emergency department; SEM, standard error of the mean.