The relation between funding by the National Institutes of Health and the burden of disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 1881-1887

  Gross, Cary P ^a,d   Anderson, Gerard F ^a,b   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DISABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 0033578028     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199906173402406     Document Type: Article

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