Greater NIH investment in family medicine would help both achieve their missions.
Family medicine is the predominant provider of primary health care in the United States, yet it receives relatively little research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Family medicine can help the NIH speed research discovery and improve research relevance; the NIH can help family medicine build its research capacity; and such mutual benefit could mean improvement in public health.
Lucan
Sean C
SC
The Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC, USA. policy@aafp.org
Bazemore
Andrew W
AW
Xierali
Imam
I
Phillips
Robert L
RL
Petterson
Stephen M
SM
Teevan
Bridget
B
D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States