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Estimates of Total Spending on Research and Development in the Health Field in Canada, 1996 to 2007
July 2008 edition
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Analysis
Estimates of total spending on research and development (R&D) in the health field in Canada, 1996 to 2007
Spending on health related R&D is projected to reach $6.3 billion in 2007 up by $227 million (3.7%) over the previous year (table 1-1).
Health R&D spending is an important component of the national R&D effort estimated to represent one fifth (21.8%) of total R&D spending in 2007 (table 1-1).
Health R&D spending per capita increased from $163 in 2003 to an estimated $192 for 2007 (table 1-1).
In constant dollars, 2007 investment in health R&D is expected to grow after registering a decline between 2005 and 2006 (table 1-1).
Performing an estimated $4.1 billion of health R&D in 2007, the higher education sector remained the most important performing sector for health R&D with the business enterprise sector dedicating the second highest amount at $1.9 billion (table 1-2).
Detailed information on funding sectors for the major component of health R&D spending, the higher education sector, is only available until 2005 (table 1-3).
Universities and teaching hospitals continued to be important funding agents of health R&D performed in the higher education sector funding $1.6 billion of the $3.8 billion R&D performed by higher education institutions in 2005 (table 1-3).
The federal government at $990 million was the second most important funding sector of health R&D performed by the higher education sector in 2005 (table 1-3).
The higher education sector was the performing sector of choice for the private non-profit sector that dedicated $464 million of its total $483 million health R&D funding to university and teaching hospital research (tables 1-2 and 1-3).
Provincial distribution of the health R&D performed by the higher education sector is only available until 2005 (table 1-4).
In 2005, health R&D spending per capita for the higher education sector was $116 with Ontario registering the highest per capita health R&D spending by universities and teaching hospitals at $138. Quebec followed at $128 per capita spending on health R&D by the higher education sector (table 1-4).
