Background The current literature proposing criteria and guidelines for collaborative health system research often fails to differentiate between: (a) various types of partnerships, (b) collaborations formed for the specific purpose of developing a research proposal and those based on long-standing relationships, (c) researcher vs. decision-maker initiatives, and (d) the underlying drivers for ...

BACKGROUND The priorities of research funding bodies govern the research agenda, which has important implications for the provision of evidence to inform policy. This study examines the research funding landscape for maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS This review draws on a database of 2340 academic papers collected through a large-scale systema...

BACKGROUND Despite the widely recognised importance of sustainable health care systems, health services research remains generally underfunded in Australia. The Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) is funding health services research in the state of Queensland. AusHSI has developed a streamlined protocol for applying and awarding funding using a short proposal and accelerat...

this paper discusses whether european institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (uhc), inequalities and tackling the effects of austerity measures. the paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at european level from a public health an...

OBJECTIVES To examine the funding for cerebral palsy (CP) research in Australia, as compared with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING For Australia, philanthropic funding from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (CPARF) (2005-2015) was compared with National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, 2000-2015) and Australian Research Counci...

OBJECTIVE To assess UK governmental and charity research funding in 2012 for cancer, coronary heart disease (CHD), dementia and stroke, and to make comparisons with 2008 levels. DESIGN Analysis of research expenditure. SETTING United Kingdom. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We identified UK governmental agencies and charities providing health research funding to determine the 2012 levels of funding...