Structure and Dynamics of Health Research and Public Funding: An International Institutional Comparison

Description

By gathering institutional details on funding and health research systems in a comparative perspective, Structure and Dynamics ofHealth Research and Public Funding offers, for the first time, a comprehensive and systematic view of the options and restrictions to which scientists, clinicians and administrators are subject when seeking to establish a productive health research enterprise. The Structure and Dynamics of Health Research and Public Funding provides the reader with a comparative institutional analysis of problems of application in health research. In assessing the cognitive, social and institutional structuring of health research, explanations for the origin and variation of problems are presented. The study extensively discusses the capacities of funding agencies to contribute to a higher practical diffusion of health research knowledge. It is thus addressed to all individuals and institutions who are involved in the promotion of, or are concerned with, the future of health research. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Dimensions of Health Research....Pages 11-18 Dynamics of Health Research....Pages 19-24 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Basic Problems Besetting Clinical Research....Pages 27-62 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 An International Comparison of Health Funding Systems....Pages 65-119 A Comparison of the Range and Problem-Solving Abilities of Different Sets of Funding Instruments....Pages 121-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Problems of Public Health Research....Pages 151-179 Conclusions: The Funding of Health Research....Pages 181-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-201