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Table 3 Inpatient readmission and Emergency Room (ER) utilization by abstainers and non-abstainers

From: Association between smoking cessation and post-hospitalization healthcare costs: a matched cohort analysis

 

Non-abstainers

Abstainersa

p-value

No admission

67 (67.7%)

61 (62.9%)

0.48

Admission

32 (32.3%)

36 (37.1%)

No ER Visit

42 (42.4%)

35 (36.1%)

0.36

ER Visit

57 (57.6%)

62 (63.9%)

  1. Values are n (%)
  2. aSelf-reported abstinence at 6 months after hospital discharge
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