Head and Neck Oncology Is on the National Quality Sidelines No Longer-Put Me in, Coach

Evan M Graboyes^{1

2}, Vasu Divi³, Brian A Moore^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁵ Ochsner Cancer Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Evan M Graboyes et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 1;148(8):715-716.

doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.1389.

Evan M Graboyes^{1

2}, Vasu Divi³, Brian A Moore^{4

5}

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁵ Ochsner Cancer Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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