A Randomized Trial of Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Calling the California Smokers' Helpline

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

California Smokers' Helpline will conduct a randomized trial to evaluate 3 strategies of services and/or incentives on smoking cessation rates. This project has the following specific aims:

1. To increase tobacco cessation among Medi-Cal beneficiaries who currently smoke, and to improve the management of diabetes and other chronic disease by means of tobacco cessation.

2. Demonstrate that tobacco cessation benefits that are well promoted and barrier free and include modest incentives, are effective in reducing smoking prevalence, lowering Medi-Cal health care costs, and improving health outcomes for diabetes management in particular.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
• Collaborators: California Department of Health Services; California Department of Public Health; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; University of California, San Francisco
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Medi-Cal beneficiary with valid Medi-Cal beneficiary ID

• Willing to link Helpline data with Medi-Cal utilization data

• English or Spanish speaking

• Valid phone number

• Valid address

• Gave consent to participate in study and evaluation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication(s) to nicotine patches and no MD approval

• Pregnant