Quality of Virtual vs. In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race

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Nouri and colleagues (2025) conducted a multisite study of 2684 outpatient palliative care patients to examine the association between virtual and in-person visit type and screening for psychosocial, spiritual, and goals of care needs and to assess differences by language and race. The authors identified that there were no differences in rates of screening for psychosocial, spiritual, or goals of care needs in virtual versus in-person visits. However, patients with preferred languages other than English and those identifying as Black had lower odds of screening. Read more…



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