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. 2019 Jun;20(6):760-762.
doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30316-X.

Cancer hospital advertising and outcomes: trust the messenger?

Allison Lipitz-Snyderman  1 , Laura Vater  2 , Michael Curry  3 , Diane Li  3 , David M Rubin  4 , Mark Radzyner  4 , Elaine Duck  4 , Peter B Bach  3 , Yael Schenker  5
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Cancer hospital advertising and outcomes: trust the messenger?

Allison Lipitz-Snyderman et al. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Jun.
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Scatterplots of hospitals’ advertising spending for cancer services in 2014, compared to risk-adjusted five-year mortality for FFS Medicare beneficiaries beginning treatment in 2011–12
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