August 19, 2024Open Access

The Association of Established Primary Care with Postoperative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients with Digestive Tract Cancer

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Primary care (PC) is essential to overall wellness and management of comorbidities. In turn, patients without adequate access to PC may face healthcare disparities. We sought to characterize the impact of established PC on postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing a surgical procedure for a digestive tract cancer.

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