NHMRC funding for  primary health care research, 2000–2008

McIntyre, Ellen L; Mazza, Danielle; Harris, Naomi P

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03292.x

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To the Editor: Primary health care is the part of the health care system used by most people and contributes substantially to the health of the population. Research conducted in primary health care ensures quality care provided in this sector is underpinned by the best evidence.1

1 Primary Health Care Research and Information Service, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
2 Department of General Practice, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: ellen.mcintyre@flinders.edu.au

1. Yallop JJ, McAvoy BR, Croucher JL, et al on behalf of the CHAT Study Group. Primary health care research — essential but disadvantaged. Med J Aust 2006; 185: 118-120. <MJA full text>
2. Primary Health Care Research and Information Service. PHCRED Strategy. Adelaide: PHCRIS, 2011. http://www.phcris.org.au/phcred/index.php (accessed May 2011).
3. National Health and Medical Research Council. NHMRC research funding datasets 1990–2010. Canberra: NHMRC, 2011. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/dataset/rmis/index.htm (accessed May 2011).
4. Russell G, Geneau R, Johnston S, et al. Mapping the future of primary healthcare research in Canada: a report to the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Ottawa, Ont: CHSRF, 2007. http://www.chsrf.ca/migrated/pdf/researchReports/commissionedResearch/mapping_future_report_2007_e.pdf (accessed May 2011).

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