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From: The cost burden of oral, oral pharyngeal, and salivary gland cancers in three groups: commercial insurance, medicare, and medicaid

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Total costs by payer during year after oral/pharyngeal cancer diagnosis. Notes: For sample with 1 year of follow-up. Medical and drug expenditures were adjusted to 2009 dollars using Medical Care CPI. The Cost Burden is calculated as the difference between the mean values for the OC/OP/SG cancer and matched comparison group. The p-value is from a test of statistically significant difference between the OC/OP/SG cancer and comparison group.

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Head & Neck Oncology

ISSN: 1758-3284