Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Executive summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Research and development in Australia
  • 3 Health research and development
  • 4 OECD comparisons
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Appendixes
    • Appropriations to Medical Research Endowment Fund, 1937-1992, current and constant 1989 dollars
    • MRC grants by state, 1993
    • MRC funding of R&D by State, 1988-1993
    • R&D funding bodies within the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health 1993
    • Analysis of the MRC project grant scheme, 1979-1989
    • Allocation of PHRDC and MRC resources by research type and clinical areas, 1993
    • Health R&D expenditure among CSIRO's divisions and programs, 1992-93
    • The socioeconomic objective classification
  • Glossary
  • References