New evidence on the allocation of NIH funds across diseases

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-185

  Sampat, Bhaven N ^a   Buterbaugh, Kristin ^b   Perl, Marcel ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

National Institutes of Health (U.S.); resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84875132417     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/milq.12005     Document Type: Article

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