Of the 25 clinical comparative effectiveness research projects that the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will fund from the first round of proposal reviews, only four have a device or diagnostic-related implication: comparative effectiveness of adolescent lipid screening and treatment strategies; selection of peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis for kidney failure; comparative effectiveness of intravenous versus oral antibiotic therapy for serious bacterial infections; and a comparison of nonsurgical treatment methods for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.
The funding announcements were made Dec. 18.
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