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27-8.

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Increase insurance coverage of evidence-based treatment for nicotine dependency.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Increase in Insurance Coverage
of Evidence-Based Treatment
for Nicotine Dependency

1998
Baseline
(unless noted)

2010
Target

 

 

Percent

27-8a.

Managed care organizations

75 (1997–98)

100

 

 

Number

27-8b.

Medicaid programs in States and the District of Columbia

24

51

27-8c.

All insurance

Developmental

Target setting method: Total coverage of FDA-approved pharmacotherapies and behavioral therapies.

Data sources: Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care Survey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; (Medicaid data) Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislators.