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The Break-Even Point and NIH Funding Priorities

Monday, October 26th, 2009

In 2005, Drs. Woolf and Johnson released a provocative work: “The Break-Even Point: When Medical Advances Are Less Important Than Improving the Fidelity With Which They Are Delivered“.  This conceptual frame of reference, when applied to health research funding, highlights the huge disconnect between current NIH funding and actual improvement of America’s health.

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