A Review of Empirical Analyses of Disinvestment Initiatives.

Background: Disinvesting in low-value health care services provides opportunities for investment in higher value care and thus an increase in health care efficiency.

Objectives: To identify international experience with disinvestment initiatives and to review empirical analyses of disinvestment initiatives.

Methods: We performed a literature search using the PubMed database to identify international experience with disinvestment initiatives.

The Decline in Vitamin Research Funding: A Missed Opportunity?

The National Nutrition Research Roadmap has called for support of greater collaborative, interdisciplinary research for multiple areas of nutrition research. However, a substantial reduction in federal funding makes responding to these calls challenging. The objectives of this study were to examine temporal trends in research funding and to discuss the potential consequences of these trends.