Head, neck cancer care being concentrated at teaching hospitals, academic centers

Head and neck cancer care is being concentrated at teaching hospitals and academic medical centers, according to a study by Elliot Abemayor, M.D., Ph.D., of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues. Researchers analyzed a national health care database in a study that included all inpatient admissions with a primary head and neck cancer diagnosis contained within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample during the calendar years of 2000, 2005 and 2010...