RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Right to bill may affect amount of tobacco counselling by MDs
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 241
OP 243
VO 156
IS 2
A1 P. Sullivan
A1 A. Kothari
YR 1997
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/2/241.abstract
AB Unpublished data from Health Canada indicate that only 32% of Canada's family physicians believe they can bill their health plans for providing smoking-cessation counselling to patients with no smoking-related illness. A CMA study of provincial billing codes determined that all provinces and territories except British Columbia and Alberta have billing codes for clinical tobacco interventions, which include counselling. Ontario leads the way with 4 separate codes.