Musculoskeletal health: an ecological study assessing disease burden and research funding.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exacerbated by an aging population, musculoskeletal diseases are a chronic and growing problem in the United States that impose significant health and economic burdens. The objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between the burden of diseases and the federal funds assigned to health-related research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Methods

An ecological study design was used to examine the relationship between NIH research funding and disease burden for 60 disease categories. We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 to measure disease burden and the NIH Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC) data to identify 60 disease categories aligned with available GBD data. NIH funding data was obtained from the RCDC sy

SUBMITTER: Nguyen AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788788 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature