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Investigators from Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley sought to determine the financial return on investment (ROI) of the Parents of Asthmatics Quit Smoking (PAQS) program. PAQS is a program for caregivers who are smokers and have a child with asthma. As part of the program, nurses provide asthma education and smoking cessation counseling in 3 home visits. Investigators calculated the ROI by analyzing claims data 12 months pre-enrollment and post-completion of the intervention in a subsample of PAQS participants who were on a Medicaid managed care plan. Total billable costs (TBC) were determined by summing the costs of short-acting β-agonists, controller medications, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and outpatient visits for asthma. The cost of …
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