Patterson C
Centre for Public Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059.
Aust J Rural Health. 2000 Oct;8(5):271-9.
A systematic search was undertaken to ascertain the nature, source and extent of funding awarded to research projects that were directed specifically at aspects of rural health over the past decade. Comment is also made on the challenge of obtaining such information directly from databases. The sources investigated were the conventional research funding bodies, hospital trusts and foundations, university funding schemes and government sources. The results of these searches revealed a crude average of 3 million dollars per year from conventional research funding with the remaining sources adding a similar amount in total. Analysis of the data using a framework modified from the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia shows that funding is concentrated in the health services and public health areas with a preponderance of funding being directed towards the description of conditions and interventions. Significant levels of funding have been directed towards the National Health Priority Areas.
我们进行了一项系统的搜索，以确定在过去十年中专门针对农村卫生各个方面的研究项目所获得资金的性质、来源和规模。同时也对直接从数据库获取此类信息的挑战进行了评论。所调查的来源包括传统的研究资助机构、医院信托基金和基金会、大学资助计划以及政府来源。这些搜索结果显示，传统研究资助每年的粗略平均金额为300万美元，其余来源的资金总额与之相近。使用从澳大利亚卫生与医学研究战略审查修改而来的框架对数据进行分析表明，资金集中在卫生服务和公共卫生领域，其中大部分资金用于描述疾病状况和干预措施。大量资金已投向国家卫生重点领域。
