Rural and remote health research: Does the investment match the need?

• Published in: The Australian journal of rural health Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 74 - 79
• Main Authors: Barclay, Lesley, Phillips, Andrew, Lyle, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2018; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Categories; Councils; Funding; Grants; Health; Health disparities; health outcomes research; Health services; Health status; Indigenous health; Indigenous peoples; Investments; Medical research; Nursing; Original Research; Remote areas; remote health; Research projects; Rural areas; Rural communities; rural health; Australia; Indigenous health; remote health; rural health; research; health outcomes research

Objective To determine the percentage of research projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the period 2000–2014 that aimed specifically to deliver health benefits to Australians living in rural and remote areas and to estimate the proportion of total funding this repres...