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Trauma and orthopaedics is the largest of the surgical specialties and yet attracts a disproportionately small fraction of available national and international funding for health research. With the burden of musculoskeletal disease increasing, high-quality research is required to improve the evidence base for orthopaedic practice. Using the current research landscape in the United Kingdom as an example, but also addressing the international perspective, we highlight the issues surrounding poor levels of research funding in trauma and orthopaedics and indicate avenues for improving the impact and success of surgical musculoskeletal research.

Original publication

DOI

10.1302/0301-620X.96B12.33990

Type

Journal article

Journal

Bone joint j

Publication Date

12/2014

Volume

96-B

Pages

1578 - 1585

Keywords

Funding, Orthopaedic, Research, Australia, Canada, Charities, Europe, Financing, Government, Hong Kong, Industry, Japan, Orthopedics, Research, Research Design, Research Support as Topic, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States