Flows of financial resources for health research and development in Brazil, 2000-2002.
OBJECTIVE
To map and measure the flows of financial resources for health research and development in Brazil for the years 2000-2002.


METHODS
After adapting the methodology developed for the Center for Economic Policy Research, data were collected on the sources and uses of resources for health research and development.


RESULTS
The annual average value of resources apportioned to health research and development was approximately 573 million US dollars. The public sector as a whole invested 417.3 million US dollars and the health department 51.1 million US dollars. Expressed in percentages, the public sector invested 4.15% of the health department's budget although the Ministry of Health assigned only 0.3% of its budget to health research in the country. The universities and the research institutes are the main users of the resources allocated to health research and development, receiving 91.6% of the total public spending, while the private sector receives a small share of around 0.69% of the total. The private sector invested 135.6 million US dollars per year, and the international organizations 20.1 million US dollars per year.


CONCLUSIONS
Besides measuring the financial resources made available for health research and development, the results allowed the filling of gaps in national information; the identification of the flows of applied financial resources; and the testing and adaptation of the proposed methodology, generating information suitable for international comparisons.
Vianna
Cid Manso de Mello
CM
Social Medicine Institute, University of State of Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20559-900. cmmv@ims.uerj.br
Caetano
Rosângela
R
Ortega
José Antonio
JA
Façanha
Luiz Otávio de Figueiredo
LO
Mosegui
Gabriela Bittencourt Gonzalez
GB
Siqueira
Marien
M
Costa
Tiago Barros
TB
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D001938:Brazil; D006289:Health Planning Support / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000191:economics*