PCORI Pilot Selection Raises Concerns About Balancing Research Priorities
Executive Summary
Questions of how the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will balance the distribution of its project grants across eight research areas of interest arise as the Program Development Committee works toward making its funding recommendations to the board of governors.
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