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The High Cost of Not Doing Neurological Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

William C. Gibson
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It is easy to imagine a new bumper sticker with the following message:

“If you think medical research is expensive, try disease.” Specifically in today's context, it might well read:

“If you think neurological research is expensive, try the diseases of the nervous system.”

That is precisely what we are doing as a country - “trying disease”! Canada spends $36 billion per year on health care, or $700 million per month. Every hour Canada spends $4 million on "health care" and only $16,000 on medical research.

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Special Features And Reviews
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1988 , pp. 273 - 275
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1988