Visits to family physicians constitute more than 22 percent of all outpatient patient visits -- 250 million visits annually -- but family physicians receive just 0.22 percent of NIH research dollars. Family medicine's substantial clinical presence means family physicians should be instrumental in helping to bridge the chasm between medical knowledge and actual clinical care toward improved population health. So what's the problem with research translation?
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Off the Roadmap? Family Medicine’s Grant Funding and Committee Representation at NIH
