{"id":1392,"date":"2010-10-08T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2010-10-08T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T14:24:26","slug":"u-s-health-research-spending-level-flat-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Health Research Spending Level Flat in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spending in the U.S. on health research made gains in 2009, due mainly to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but as a percentage of overall spending on health care, stayed at about the same level as 2008. These findings came in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchamerica.org\/uploads\/healthdollar09.pdf\">report yesterday<\/a> from an annual audit of health research spending by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchamerica.org\/\">Research!America<\/a>, an organization that advocates for medical research.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows the U.S. spent $139 billion on health research from all sources in 2009, up from $131 billion in 2008, an increase of 6 percent. The federal portion of health research spending added $8.4 billion over 2008, that Research!America attributes to the federal economic stimulus bill, known officially as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1393\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1393\" title=\"HealthR&amp;D_2009_ResAmer\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer-300x212.png\" alt=\"Health research spending 2001-2009 (Research!America)\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer-400x283.png 400w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HealthRD_2009_ResAmer.png 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for full-size view (Research!America)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Industry contributed over half (53.5%) of health research spending last year, at $74.3 billion, down somewhat from $74.8 billion in 2008. Biotech enterprises invested $32.7 last year in R&amp;D, with pharmaceutical companies close behind at $32.6 billion. Medical device manufacturers chipped in about $9 billion. The federal government spent $46.8 billion in 2009, about three-quarters of that amount &#8212; $35.5 billion &#8212; going to National Institutes of Health. Other sources, such as foundations and state governments, spent $17.8 billion on health research.<\/p>\n<p>As a percentage of the overall $2.47 trillion spent on health care in the U.S., the amount allocated to research stayed at about the same level &#8212; 5.6 percent &#8212; as in 2008. According to Research!America, this percentage has hardly changed since 2005, varying between 5.4 and 5.6 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spending in the U.S. on health research made gains in 2009, due mainly to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but as a percentage of overall spending on health care, stayed at about the same level as 2008. 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