Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institue [PCORI] was established to fund research to aid patients and those who care for them to make better-informed decisions about healthcare choices, guided by those who will use that information.

PCORI is funded by the United States Congress through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCOR Trust Fund), the general fund of the Treasury, transfers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid trust funds, and a fee assessed on private insurance and self-insured health plans (the PCOR fee).