Cancer foundations support evaluation
of US pain policies
The Pain & Policy Studies Group (PPSG) is pleased
to announce joint funding of its US pain policy evaluation program by the American
Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong
Foundation. Each of these highly respected organizations have announced
that they will provide a three-year grant to enable the PPSG to evaluate federal
and state laws, regulations and agency guidelines that can impact patient access
to effective pain relief. PPSG will prepare state policy profiles for the next
three years, as well as report cards that grade states’ policies and compare
them to the 2000 and 2003 grades. Release of the 2006 reports is anticipated
in September, which is Pain Awareness Month.
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