Hospital Utilization in Ambulatory Patients With COVID-19 With History of Tobacco Use
Tobacco users with COVID-19 are more likely to have increased healthcare utilization than never users, with current users more likely to use the emergency department and former users more likely to utilize the hospital. Ambulatory patients who use tobacco should receive closer COVID-19 quarantine management to prevent severe outcomes and healthcare overutilization.
Authors
- Janaki Deepak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6054-9044)
- Elena Klyushnenkova
- Michael Dark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7655-3336)
- Niharika Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-6762)
- Chung Min Kwan
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-04-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100352
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- AcademyHealth
- National Institutes of Health
- School of Medicine, University of Maryland
- National Cancer Institute
- Moonshot Research and Development Program