PCORI Board approves nearly $74 million for research on palliative care

(Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved nearly $74 million to fund seven studies comparing the effectiveness of different strategies for delivering palliative care. These projects will focus on advanced care planning for patients with serious illnesses and examine which approaches to delivering palliative care to patients in the community work best to improve quality of care and quality of life.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news