Dilemma of an indigent country: Is academic medicine a good investment?
Academic medicine is a discipline which requires much financial expenditure and the profit is not always immediate. Therefore, an idea has been raised in some circles to limit the expenditures on it. The experience of Poland points out, however, that such a limitation will not bring benefit in the long run--just the opposite, it can bring about both social and economic loss. Even the countries that are not wealthy should invest in academic medicine, as this is a necessary condition for their harmonious growth.
Kardas
Przemyslaw
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Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland. family@csk.am.lodz.pl
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D011044:Poland; D014146:Training Support