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ASO Author Reflections: County-Level Racial Diversity is Associated with Textbook Outcomes for Pancreatic Surgery

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A.D. receives funding from the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Clinician Scholars Program and salary support from the Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations during the time of this study.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Adrian Diaz MD MPH & Timothy M. Pawlik MD, MPH, PhD, FACS, FRACS (Hon.)

  2. IHPI Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Adrian Diaz MD MPH

  3. Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Adrian Diaz MD MPH

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Correspondence to Timothy M. Pawlik MD, MPH, PhD, FACS, FRACS (Hon.).

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ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article, “Association of County-Level Racial Diversity and Likelihood of a Textbook Outcomes following Pancreas Surgery” Ann Surg Oncol. (2021).

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Diaz, A., Pawlik, T.M. ASO Author Reflections: County-Level Racial Diversity is Associated with Textbook Outcomes for Pancreatic Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 8085–8086 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10320-7

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