title: Worth fighting for--advocacy for general practice research.
abstract: General practitioners are well aware of the increasing burden being placed on the health care system by the rising prevalence of chronic diseases--they see its effects every day. It is estimated that health care costs will increase over 2.5 fold to $246.1 billion by 2033. Health and medical research (HMR) provides excellent return on investments (in fact a return of 117%; second only to the mining and wholesale/retail sectors) and delivers an economic benefit of some $30 billion.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Winzenberg
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000191:economics; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*