title: Research and health policy: where does the money go? Where should it go?
abstract: The purpose of this column is to discuss the nature of public policy both as a process and as an entity. A connection between public policy and research is proposed and a discussion about the nature of funding at the National Institute of Nursing Research illuminates the disparity of support between quantitative and qualitative research.
authors.affiliation: Saint Xavier University, Woodridge, Illinois 60517, USA. Florczak@sxu.edu
authors.forename: Kristine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Florczak
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D015399:Nursing Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic