To what extent is health and medical research funding associated with the burden of disease in Australia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-86

  Aoun, Samar ^a,b   Pennebaker, D ^a   Pascal, R ^a  

^a Ctr for Mental Hlth Serv Res   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSE ORGAN; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 1342284219     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00637.x     Document Type: Article

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