Capacity to Provide Geriatric Specialty Care for Older Adults in Community Oncology Practices.
Grant R WilliamsKathryn E WeaverGlenn J LesserEmily DresslerKaren M WinkfieldHeather B NeumanAnne E KazakRuth CarlosLucy J GansauerCharles S KamenJoseph M UngerSupriya G MohileHeidi D KlepinPublished in: The oncologist (2020)
Only a minority of community oncology practices in the U.S. have access to geriatric specialty care. Developing models of care that use patient-reported measures and/or other geriatric screening tools to assess and guide interventions in older adults, rather than geriatric consultations, are likely the most practical methods to improve the care of this vulnerable population.