articlePLoS MedicineJun 21, 2016GOLD OA

Why Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful

Protein Metrics (United States) · Stanford University

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Abstract

John Ioannidis argues that problem base, context placement, information gain, pragmatism, patient centeredness, value for money, feasibility, and transparency define useful clinical research. He suggests most clinical research is not useful and reform is overdue.

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Keywords
  • Transparency (behavior)
  • Context (archaeology)
  • Pragmatism
  • Value (mathematics)
  • Medicine
  • Data science
  • Positive economics
  • Computer science
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