Where You Stand Is What You See: We See a Need for More Primary Care Research Funding

摘要

National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding allocations are out. Family Medicine has been successful. Between 2002 and 2006, departments of family medicine received only 0.20% of all NIH grant dollars—just 170 grants, for a total of $57 million. However, just a decade later, between 2011 and 2014, family medicine funding climbed to 0.22% of the NIH budget: 192 grants worth $71 million—an increase of two hundredths of 1% in just a decade. From an NIH perspective, at least, family medicine advocacy efforts have paid off.