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. 1992 Jul;38:1623–1628.

Documenting smoking Status

Trial of three strategies

Walter Rosser, Ian McDowell, Claire Newell
PMCID: PMC2146014  PMID: 21221363

Abstract

A randomized trial at a family medicine center compared three ways of improving the rates of recording patients' smoking behavior: letter, telephone, and reminding physicians to inquire at visits. Telephone produced the highest rate of recordings, while physician reminder was most cost-effective. We recommend physician reminder with telephone calls from the practice nurse for patients who do attend.

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