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Biomedical research: Are we getting value for money?
Author(s) -
Chalmers Iain
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2006.00200.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , dividend , value (mathematics) , investment (military) , public relations , value for money , business , medicine , actuarial science , psychology , political science , finance , economics , computer science , public economics , law , psychiatry , machine learning , politics
Billions of dollars are spent on biomedical research every year, but what tangible benefits for patients result from this massive investment? Iain Chalmers suggests that the research community has become seriously dysfunctional, that patients and the public should expect better dividends from their support of biomedical research, and that the entire research community must provide better, more effective research or risk losing the support of the public.