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A patient advocacy organization is a type of nonprofit, charitable entity that focuses on improving the health and well-being of individuals who share a particular chronic disease or disability or a set of diseases or disabilities. Also known as a voluntary health agency, patient advocacy organizations typically work in one or more of the following service areas: disease education, patient support, government relations, public health communications, and access to care and research.
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Coman, C. (2018). Patient Advocacy Organizations. In: Yamauchi, P. (eds) Biologic and Systemic Agents in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66884-0_49
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