El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile

Background: In Chile, researchers can apply to public research funds through specific research projects and must compete with other professionals of other disciplines. Aim: To perform a critical assessment of the allocation of public funds for health research in Chile by a public institution called...

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Autor principal: PARAJE,GUILLERMO
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720100001000052010-05-10El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en ChilePARAJE,GUILLERMO Research Research design Research support Background: In Chile, researchers can apply to public research funds through specific research projects and must compete with other professionals of other disciplines. Aim: To perform a critical assessment of the allocation of public funds for health research in Chile by a public institution called CONICYT. Material and Methods: A database was constructed with health projects financed by CONICYT, between 2002 and 2006. Projects were classified (according to their titles) in three methodological categories and nine topics. Age, gender and region where the main researcher is based, were also recorded. Results: 768 research projects were analyzed. Biomedical, clinical and public health research projects accounted for 66, 24 and 10% of allocated funds, respectively. Main researchers were female in 31 % of projects, their mean age was 52 years and 76% worked in the Metropolitan region. Conclusions: These results show that some objectives of the National Research System lead by CONICYT, such as using research as a tool for regional development and allocating funds for conditions with a large burden, are not been met.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.138 n.1 20102010-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872010000100005es10.4067/S0034-98872010000100005
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Research design
Research support
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Research design
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PARAJE,GUILLERMO
El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
description Background: In Chile, researchers can apply to public research funds through specific research projects and must compete with other professionals of other disciplines. Aim: To perform a critical assessment of the allocation of public funds for health research in Chile by a public institution called CONICYT. Material and Methods: A database was constructed with health projects financed by CONICYT, between 2002 and 2006. Projects were classified (according to their titles) in three methodological categories and nine topics. Age, gender and region where the main researcher is based, were also recorded. Results: 768 research projects were analyzed. Biomedical, clinical and public health research projects accounted for 66, 24 and 10% of allocated funds, respectively. Main researchers were female in 31 % of projects, their mean age was 52 years and 76% worked in the Metropolitan region. Conclusions: These results show that some objectives of the National Research System lead by CONICYT, such as using research as a tool for regional development and allocating funds for conditions with a large burden, are not been met.
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title El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
title_short El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
title_full El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
title_fullStr El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
title_full_unstemmed El financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en Chile
title_sort el financiamiento público de la investigación en salud en chile
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2010
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