What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between the Affordable Care Act and changes in the percentage of patients with insurance among 130,000 people with head and neck cancer across varying socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds.
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Authors: Neelima Panth, M.D., M.P.H., of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.2724)
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