UK research expenditure on dementia, heart disease, stroke and cancer: Are levels of spending related to disease burden?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Luengo Fernandez, R ^a   Leal, J ^a   Gray, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of illness study; Dementia; Research funding; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STROKE;

EID: 84155167038     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03500.x     Document Type: Article

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