Smoking is associated with a higher risk of unplanned medical visits among adult patients with diabetes, using retrospective electronic medical record data from 2014 to 2016

• Main Authors: Arielle Selya (Author), Eric L. Johnson (Author), Tess L. Weber (Author), Jaymi Russo (Author), Cheryl Stansbury (Author), Drake Anshutz (Author), Emily Griese (Author), Benson Hsu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Smoking exacerbates the complications of diabetes, but little is known about whether patients with diabetes who smoke have more unplanned medical visits than those who do not smoke. This study examines the association between smoking status and unplanned medical visits among pati...