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标题：Global trends in health research and development expenditures – the challenge of making reliable estimates for international comparison
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作者：Alison J Young ; Robert F Terry ; John-Arne Røttingen 等
期刊名称：Health Research Policy and Systems
印刷版ISSN：1478-4505
电子版ISSN：1478-4505
出版年度：2015
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：7
DOI：10.1186/1478-4505-13-7
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Better estimates of changes in the level and structure of national, regional, and global expenditures on health research and development (R&D) are needed as an important source of information for advancing countries’ health research policies. However, such estimates are difficult to compile and comparison between countries needs careful calibration. We outline the steps that need to be taken to make reliable estimates of trends in countries’ expenditures on health R&D, describe that an ideal approach would involve the use of international sets of deflators and exchange rates that are specific to health R&D activities, and explain which methods should be used given the current absence of such health R&D-specific deflators and exchange rates. Finally, we describe what should be the way forward in improving our ability to make reliable estimates of trends in countries’ health R&D expenditures.
关键词：Health financing ; Health research ; Research and development ; Research and development deflators ; Research and development exchange rates ; Research funding ; Research methods