title: Practice variations, treatment fads, rising disability. Do we need a new clinical research paradigm?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Deyo
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design / Q000639:trends*; D012189:Retrospective Studies