The persistence of very low correlations between NIH research funding and disease burdens.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The degree to which the allocation of disease-specific research funding by the NIH is proportional to disease burden is an important question. This study examined the historical relationship between NIH funding allocation and disease burden for a variety of medical conditions.

Study design

Coefficients of relatedness for the linear relationships between funding and disease burden for 27 medical conditions over a period exceeding twenty years were calculated.

Methods

Publicly available data from 2009 to 2019, and previously published data from 1994 to 2004, was obtained to compare disease-specific research funding from the NIH to burden of disease values (mortality, prevalence, incidence, DALYs, and YLLs) for 27 diseases.

Results

We identified very we

SUBMITTER: Carter AJR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11754078 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature