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Manali I. Patel, MD, on Community Practices: Enhancing Delivery of Value-Based Cancer Care

2019 Quality Care Symposium

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Manali I. Patel, MD, of Stanford Cancer Center, discusses enhancing value for patients with cancer treated by community practitioners at the end of life by also utilizing trained lay health workers in a novel intervention that reduced the use of acute care and emergency department visits while improving quality of life.



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