THE Federal Government has committed $10m to fund new research projects aimed at keeping people out of hospital.
As part of the Medical Research Future Fund, the first $0.5m will go to a project investigating chronic pain risk reduction.
With one in five Australians living with chronic pain, it is estimated to cost the economy $34b a year, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
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