QUITPLAN Helpline time periods | p Value | ||||||
Period A: pre-NRT May 01–Aug 02 | Period B: post NRT Sep–Nov 02 | Period C: scripting changes Dec 02–Aug 03 | Period D: transfer changes Sep 03–May 04 | Period E: health plan numbers Jun 04–Nov 05 | |||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
Number of tobacco users requesting services | 296 (197.0) | 2302 (1418.4) | 771 (288.0) | 456 (90.2) | 442 (204.0) | χ2 = 26.698* df = 4 | <0.001 |
Number of health plan members requesting services | 154 (104.5) | 1366 (811.0) | 436 (174.0) | 206 (51.2) | 172 (76.6) | χ2 = 26.803* df = 4 | <0.001 |
Percentage of health plan members transferred | 75.9 (3.15) | 29.0 (7.90) | 45.3 (3.93) | 58.3 (6.11) | 70.2 (8.37) | F = 66.435** df = (4,50) | <0.001 |
*Kruskal-Wallis test.
**ANOVA.