Increasing Access to Supportive Oncology Care Can Drive Health Equity

AJMC September 26, 2024
Brooke McCormick

Andrew Leitner, MD, of City of Hope, discusses the challenges of integrating supportive care into cancer treatment and proposes solutions to improve access for patients from underserved communities.

Andrew Leitner, MD, pain management physician and chair of the department of supportive care medicine at City of Hope, lists the key barriers to incorporating supportive care into value-based oncology care. He also discusses ways to provide patients from underserved or marginalized communities access to supportive care.

Leitner explored this topic further during his presentation, “Filling the Unmet Need for Supportive Care,” at the Institute for Value-Based Medicine^® (IVBM) event held in Garden Grove, California in partnership with City of Hope last week.

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What are the key barriers to integrating supportive...

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