Abstract

CARRASCO MALLEN, Manuel. Scientific policies and research management. Educ. méd. [online]. 2004, vol.7, suppl.1, pp.66-80. ISSN 1575-1813.

Biomedical research is a necessary activity for the success of any strategy aiming the improvement of the citizens’ health. Bearing in mind the circumstances determining research outcomes, it is possible to design a research chain value allowing to identify in a schematic way its stages and the involved agents. In this article these stages are analysed from the point of view of funding Agencies and research Structures, including research Groups. We place particular emphasis on the design of scientific policies and on the establishment of biomedical research priorities, especially by the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, based on the Unity and Quality Act of the Spanish National Health System and included in the National Plan on Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation. From the point of view of the management of outcomes, there is a difference between transfer and applicability (Evidence-Based Medicine, Health Outcomes Research and Programs of Comprehensive Care) and the impact of research.  Finally, the Programs of the Health Research Fund, funding agency of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs are described in detail, especially the program of human resources and dissemination of research, and the program of research promotion.

Keywords : Biomedical research; Research chain value; Scientific policies; Priorities; Management of outcomes; Health Research Fund.

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