AJMC July 3, 2024
At the Advancing Value-Based Oncology Care second annual meeting held on June 20, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona, Sindhuja Kadambi, MD, MS, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and senior instructor at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, presented on the importance of value-based oncology models for aging patient populations. Advancing Value-Based Oncology Care was an Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event cohosted by The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In an interview with AJMC, Kadambi highlighted the misconceptions about aging patients that impact their type and quality of care, the particular obstacles this population faces when receiving oncology care, and the value of geriatric assessments.
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