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Issue 1: The Funding of Clinical Investigation in the United States
Pages 6-8

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... I his last category includes the direct support of faculty and residents for postgraduate physician training, and the Medicare I rib education adjustment which was included in rP~nition of me higher cams of care prairie in an environment where a great amount of teat am clinical research are performed. until recently, this category also included indict subsidies provided by insurance cc ~ antes and other third party payers through their tacit agreement to pay the costs inourre]
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From page 7...
... While the short term fiscal benefit achieved by employers, health insurance policy subscribers, and the public through the denial of Payment for services involved in clinical investigation is real, the long term negative impact face failure to support The conduct of clinical investigation may greatly exceed the short term gains. Excluding the potential direct economic consequences resulting from a reduction in human illness, it is possible that the delay of major advances in medical therapeutics may deny to the public the saving of lives, increases in societal productivity, and the improvement in the quality of life for thousands or even millions of individuals.
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... · . Increase in NIH Funding Clinical Investigation me data presented to the committee indicated that the aurx~nt being spent for clinical trials represents approx~nate~y six to seven percent of the total NUI budget (15~.
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