Evidential Strength of Research in the Field of Surgery: Will We Meet the IOM Goals?

Effect of the experience of surgical chairpersons on departmental National Institutes of Health funding

“…This is challenging in the evolving financial climate with dwindling clinical reimbursement and restricted NIH funding. It has also been shown that compared with other specialties in medicine, surgical specialties fare poorly in terms of evidential strength of research [7].…”