Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/83269, first published .
Texting to Recruit Unassisted Tobacco Users at a Large Safety Net Health System Into Quitline Service for a Medicaid Value-Based Care Program: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Texting to Recruit Unassisted Tobacco Users at a Large Safety Net Health System Into Quitline Service for a Medicaid Value-Based Care Program: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Texting to Recruit Unassisted Tobacco Users at a Large Safety Net Health System Into Quitline Service for a Medicaid Value-Based Care Program: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Cindy V Valencia   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Melanie S Dove   2 , MPH, ScD ;   Karen Kim   3 , MD ;   Paul Giboney   3 , MD ;   Hal F Yee Jr   3 , MD, PhD ;   Carrie A Kirby   4 , MS ;   Christopher M Anderson   4 ;   Shu-Hong Zhu   4 , PhD ;   Elisa K Tong   5 , MA, MD

1 Center for Healthcare Policy Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States

2 Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States

3 Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, United States

4 Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

5 Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Elisa K Tong, MA, MD
  • Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy Research
  • University of California, Davis
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  • Sacramento, CA 95817
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 916 734 7005
  • Email: ektong@health.ucdavis.edu