Prevalence, Economic Burden, and Healthcare Utilization among Medicare and Commercially Insured Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer
These findings highlight the urgent need for integrated medical-dental care models and policies that enhance access to preventive and restorative dental services, potentially reducing complications, improving quality of life, and lowering healthcare costs among OOC survivors.
Authors
- Megan A. Healey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5598-4113)
- Onur Başer
- Amr S. Soliman
- Mai Hussein
- Lixuan Wu
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- CUNY School of Law (US)
- EP Analytics (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-25-1267
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00