PCORI Critics Emerge As Institute Formally Releases Draft Methods Report
Executive Summary
As the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute opens up the public comment period for the draft report created by the institute’s Methodology Committee, criticisms on the direction PCORI is moving are beginning to surface, including accusations that it is becoming just another AHRQ or NIH.
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