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. 2024 Apr 27;25(1):142.
doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02384-7.

Evolution of public funding since primary care research was considered as a priority research domain in france

Jordan Scheer #  1   2   3 , Taylor Leroy #  4   5 , Sylvie Guillo  1   6 , Florence Tubach  1   6 , Antoine Rozès  6 , Amandine Verga-Gérard  1 , Francis Guillemin  1   7 , Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre  1   8 , Anthony Chapron  1   2   3   9
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Evolution of public funding since primary care research was considered as a priority research domain in france

Jordan Scheer et al. BMC Prim Care. .

Abstract

Purpose: Annually, the French Ministry of Health funds clinical research projects based on a national call for projects. Since 2013, the Ministry has prioritized funding of primary care. Projects selected for funding are made public without distinguishing the specific area of research. The objective of this study was to identify and describe the evolution of the primary care research projects funded by the Ministry of Health between 2013 and 2019.

Method: We reviewed all of the 1796 medical research projects funded between 2013 and 2019 and categorized projects as primary care projects by using a list of specific keywords. This list was established through two approaches: (1) selected by an expert committee, the RECaP primary care working group, and (2) using an automated textual analysis of published articles in the field. The keywords were used to screen the titles of the medical research projects funded. The abstracts (at www.

Clinicaltrials: gov ) or details (from project leaders) were then analyzed by two independent reviewers to determine true primary care projects.

Results: Finally, 49 primary care projects were identified, representing 2.7% of all medical research projects funded, without any significant change over the period. These projects were predominantly interventional (69%), with a median number of patients expected per project of 902.

Conclusion: Despite the prioritization of primary care research in 2013 by the French ministry of health, the number and proportion of projects funded remains low, with no significant change over the years.

Trial registration: Not applicable.

Keywords: Clinical research; General medicine; Primary care; Public funding; Research methodology.

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Authors have no conflict of interest to report.

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Flow chart for identifying primary care projects funded by the French Health Ministry between 2013 and 2019
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Numbers of primary care projects financed by French Health Ministry between 2013 and 2019
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Location of patient recruitments for the primary care projects funded between 2013 and 2019 by the french ministry of health. *Other locations of recruitment were by mail (n = 1), at a mental healthcare establishment (n = 1), using data from the National Health Insurance System database (“Système National des Données de Santé”, SNDS) (n = 1), at the housing center coordinated by the city council (n = 1), and at pediatric consultations (n = 1)
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Fig. 4
Classification of the funded primary care research projects into body systems according to ICPC-2 [13]
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