Why Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful.
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.
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine and Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America.|Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America.
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