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Search a repository of PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, as well as projects that seek to encourage engagement in research, disseminate and implement PCORI-funded research findings, and improve the nation's capacity to conduct patient-centered CER, among others. Learn more about the Portfolio

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For Children Discharged after Hospitalization for Serious Bacterial Infections, Are Orally Administered Antibiotics as Effective as Antibiotics Given Intravenously through a PICC?

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Ron Keren, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Decision Aid for Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room -- The Chest Pain Choice Trial

Mayo Clinic
| Minnesota
Erik P. Hess, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effectiveness of Nonsurgical Treatments for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Reducing Pain and Increasing Walking Ability

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Michael J. Schneider, DC, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Testing the PROMIS Alcohol Use Survey for Patients Getting Substance Use Treatment

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Paul A. Pilkonis, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Learning What Matters to Patients with Swollen or Irritated Blood Vessels

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Discovering What Health Outcomes Matter Most to Children and Parents

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
| Pennsylvania
Katherine B. Bevans, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Understanding What Is Most Important to Patients with Back or Stomach Pain

HealthPartners Research Foundation
| Minnesota
Leif I. Solberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Figuring Out Why People with Heart Failure Go Back to the Hospital

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Stephen E. Kimmel, MD, MSCE
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Pilot Project: Learning What Matters Most to Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
| Missouri
Kim G. Smolderen, PhD, MSc, BS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using Wellness Coaches and Extra Support to Improve the Health and Wellness of Adults with Serious Mental Illness

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
James M. Schuster, MD, MBA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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