The grant will pay for a study of the program's impact.
That same year, the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, released a study of the program so far.
The Government Accountability Office said in a study of the program that funding remains a top risk.
A pilot study of this program showed that after eight weeks of use, participants with knee OA experienced significant and clinically meaningful improvements in pain, stiffness and function.
Moreover, a study of the NYPD program from 2009 to 2012 found that it wasn't effective.
After the announcement, the council commissioned a study of English literature programs at 70 major colleges and universities.
Several studies of this program have been reported [ 10- 12].
The current work investigates a less extensively studied part of this program, the early developmental stage, prior to the onset of electrical activity.
A two-year study of this "concurrent care" program found that enrolled patients were much more likely to use hospice: the figure leaped from twenty-six per cent to seventy per cent.
A Harvard Business School study of the program found that it was a "non-event" for employers, who bear no cost, as leave is funded by payroll deduction.
