title: Research funding for pain in Canada.
abstract: Chronic pain is an escalating public health problem. There are inadequate resources to assist patients suffering with pain in Canada. Therefore, it is important that research examining novel and appropriate treatment for chronic pain is conducted. To determine the current level of research funding for pain in Canada, the Canadian Pain Society conducted a survey. Of 79 active researchers performing pain-related studies, 65 received funding in the past five years amounting to a total of approximately $80.9 million. This is less than 1% of the total funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and 0.25% of the total funding for health research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. mary.lynch@dal.ca
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schopflocher
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taenzer
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000191:economics*; D059408:Pain Management; D012109:Research Support as Topic