Place‐Based Disparities in Treatment and Time‐to‐Initiation for Head and Neck Cancer

Key Points

• The aim is to assess disparities in treatment and initiation times for head and neck cancer in different communities.
• Evaluated treatment access and initiation times for head and neck cancer
• Identified low-income communities with significant disparities
• Proposed system-level interventions to improve care
• Significant disparities in treatment initiation times found in low-income areas
• High-quality treatment access was lower in identified communities
• Suggests that systemic changes could enhance timely care for affected populations