Att-3b

Proposed Changes to the State Medicaid Tobacco Dependence Survey

2005 Survey	2008/9 Survey Draft	Explanation
Q1	Q03	Same Question
Q2	Q04	Same Question
Q3	Dropped	Can infer from Q5
Q4	Q5, Q7, Q8, Q19	This question was broken apart across multiple questions
Q5	Q21	One new subcomponent was added addressing access to TDTs through the quitline (Q21e)
Q6	Q24, Q5	The information collected as part of Q6 was re-arranged as part of two questions (Q5 & Q24).
Q7	Q05	Added an option to Q5 so that states could indicate coverage for all or coverage for pregnant women only
Q8	Dropped	Did not change over time
Q9	Dropped	Did not change over time
Q10	Q25, Q26, Q27	Revised and expanded to include the 2008 PHS guideline
Q11	Q28	Changed from a multi-part multiple choice question to an open-ended question in order to gather more information.
Q12	Dropped	Only 3 states do it -- and has not changed over time
Q13	Q29/Q30	This question was broken into two questions due to the on-line format
Q14	Q31	Same Question
Q15	Dropped	Only 1 state ever answered "yes"
Q16	Dropped	Only 3 states have ever answered "yes"
Q17	Q32/Q33	This question was broken into two questions due to the on-line format
Q18	Q34/Q35	This question was broken into two questions due to the on-line format
Q19	Q36 - Revised	Q36C is new (asks how the data are collected)
Q20	Q37	Same Question
Q21	Q38	Same Question
Q22	Q39	Same Question
Q23	Q41	Same Question
Q24	Q42	Same Question
New Questions to the 2008 Instrument
New*	Q5/Q6	Follow-up questions regarding MCO coverage
New*	Q9/Q10	Follow-up regarding benefit coverage limitations
New	Q11	New: based on recommendations in 2008 PHS Guideline
New	Q12	New: based on recommendations in 2008 PHS Guideline
New	Q13	New: based on recommendations in 2008 PHS Guideline
New	Q14/Q15	New: based on recommendations in 2008 PHS Guideline
New*	Q16	Follow-up regarding benefit coverage limitations
New*	Q17	Follow-up regarding benefit coverage limitations
New	Q18	New: based on recommendations in 2008 PHS Guideline
New*	Q19/Q20	Follow-up regarding benefit coverage limitations
New	Q22	New question to find out how quitlines distribute TDTs
New	Q23	New question regarding coordination with quitline
New	Q40	New question to address outreach to physicians

Note: 9 of the 42 questions were added due to format changes (from paper to on-line) but do not represent collection of new material (Q1, Q2, Q6, Q8, Q10, Q20, Q30, Q33, Q35). In most cases, it is a space to indicate text to an “other” response of the previous question.