Health and economic effects from linking bedside and outpatient tobacco cessation services for hospitalized smokers in two large hospitals: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Characteristics of likely eligible smokers discharged from KPNW and OHSU hospitals in 2010

	Kaiser Permanente Northwest		Oregon Health & Science University
Patient characteristic	N	%	N	%
Total discharged smokers	3401	100.0	2208	100.0
Male	1757	51.7	1142	51.7
Age group
18-24	12	0.4	193	8.7
25-34	101	10.7	390	17.7
35-44	363	20.3	353	16.0
45-54	690	26.6	555	25.1
55-64	905	20.4	454	20.6
65-74	695	12.5	188	8.5
75+	211	6.2	75	3.4
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	74	2.2	77	3.5
Non-Hispanic	1919	56.4	2111	95.6
Unknown	1408	41.4	20	0.9
Race
White	2700	79.4	1964	89.0
Black/African American	140	4.1	118	5.3
Asian and Pacific Islander	59	1.7	46	2.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	40	1.2	35	1.6
Other	32	0.9	24	1.1
Unknown	357	10.5	21	1.0
Insurance plan type
Commercial	1899	55.8	578	26.2
Medicare	1264	37.2	554	25.1
Medicaid/OHP	95	2.8	645	29.2
Nonsponsored	101	3.0	332	15.0
Other sponsored	42	1.2	99	4.5

Discharge data also show that smokers were somewhat more likely to be male. Thus, our recruitment strategy incorporates a 50% female/male enrollment target.

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