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cord-333232-jtck578z	Graboyes, Evan	COVID‐19 pandemic and health care disparities in head and neck cancer: Scanning the horizon	2020-06-20		.txt	text/plain	2625	136	41	Potential drivers of disparate HNC survival resulting from the pandemic include (a) differential access to telemedicine, timely diagnosis, and treatment; (b) implicit bias in initiatives to triage, prioritize, and schedule HNC‐directed therapy; and (c) the marked changes in employment, health insurance, and dependent care. We present four strategies to mitigate these disparities: (a) collect detailed data on access to care by race/ethnicity, income, education, and community; (b) raise awareness of HNC disparities; (c) engage stakeholders in developing culturally appropriate solutions; and (d) ensure that surgical prioritization protocols minimize risk of racial/ethnic bias. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, best practices in health care delivery for head and neck cancer (HNC) have been upended amid urgent efforts to protect patients, providers, and communities while stewarding scarce resources. 29 Third, the marked changes in employment status, health insurance coverage, and dependent care responsibilities may further aggravate racial/ethnic disparities in access to care and treatment for patients with HNC, particularly because workers of color are more likely to have lost employment during the pandemic.	./cache/cord-333232-jtck578z.txt	./txt/cord-333232-jtck578z.txt