Smoking is associated with a higher risk of unplanned medical visits among adult patients with diabetes, using retrospective electronic medical record data from 2014 to 2016.

Arielle S SelyaEric L JohnsonTess L WeberJaymi RussoCheryl StansburyDrake AnshutzEmily GrieseBenson Hsu

Published in: BMC health services research (2020)

Results from this study reveal higher rates of unplanned visits among smokers and former smokers, as well as increased frequencies of unplanned medical visits among current smokers.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
healthcare
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
electronic health record
cross sectional
genome wide
big data
glycemic control
single cell
adipose tissue