PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sullivan, P.
AU  - Kothari, A.
TI  - Right to bill may affect amount of tobacco counselling by MDs
DP  - 1997 Jan 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 241--243
VI  - 156
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/2/241.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/2/241.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Jan 15; 156
AB  - Unpublished data from Health Canada indicate that only 32% of Canada's family physicians believe they can bill their health plans for providing smoking-cessation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.