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Overview

Richard A. Deyo is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as pharmacology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pathology and forensic medicine, anesthesiology and pain medicine, and surgery.

Their work covers several main topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, opioid use disorder treatment, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, pain management and opioid use, anesthesia and pain management, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, and pain management and placebo effect.

Frequent publication venues for Deyo include:

  • Pain
  • UNC Libraries
  • Spine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Deyo include:

  • The Effect of Including Benchmark Prevalence Data of Common Imaging Findings in Spine Image Reports on Health Care Utilization Among Adults Undergoing Spine Imaging (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Opioid deprescribing in patients with chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review of international guidelines (2022, Pain)
  • Outcomes of prescription opioid dose escalation for chronic pain: results from a prospective cohort study (2020, Pain)
  • Back to the Future: A Report From the 16th International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care and Updated Research Agenda (2022, Spine)
  • Long-term effectiveness of epidural steroid injections after new episodes of low back pain in older adults (2022, European Journal of Pain)

They have collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Jeffrey G. Jarvik
  • Laura S. Gold
  • Pradeep Suri
  • Janna Friedly
  • Judith A. Turner

Richard A. Deyo has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases

    Richard A. Deyo;Daniel C. Cherkin;Daniel C. Cherkin;Daniel C. Cherkin;Marcia A. Ciol

  • Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II.

    Reva C. Lawrence;David T. Felson;Charles G. Helmick;Lesley M. Arnold

  • Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States

    Reva C. Lawrence;Charles G. Helmick;Frank C. Arnett;Richard A. Deyo

  • Generic and disease-specific measures in assessing health status and quality of life.

    Donald L. Patrick;Richard A. Deyo

  • Interpreting change scores for pain and functional status in low back pain: towards international consensus regarding minimal important change.

    Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo;Rick A. Deyo;P Stratford;Gordon Waddell

  • Release from Prison — A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates

    Ingrid A. Binswanger;Marc F. Stern;Richard A. Deyo;Patrick J. Heagerty

  • Expenditures and Health Status Among Adults With Back and Neck Problems

    Brook I. Martin;Richard A. Deyo;Sohail K. Mirza;Judith A. Turner

  • Development and evaluation of the Seattle Angina questionnaire: A new functional status measure for coronary artery disease

    John A. Spertus;Jennifer A. Winder;Timothy A. Dewhurst;Richard A. Deyo

  • The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop

    Roger Chou;Judith A. Turner;Emily B. Devine;Ryan N. Hansen

  • Reproducibility and responsiveness of health status measures. Statistics and strategies for evaluation.

    Richard A. Deyo;Paula Diehr;Donald L. Patrick

  • Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults

    Richard A. Deyo;Sohail K. Mirza;Brook I. Martin;William Kreuter

  • Outcome measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use.

    Richard A. Deyo;Michele Battie;A. J. H. M. Beurskens;Claire Bombardier

  • Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial

    James Neil Weinstein;Tor D. Tosteson;Jon D. Lurie;Anna N.A. Tosteson

  • Back Pain Prevalence and Visit Rates : Estimates From U.S. National Surveys, 2002

    Richard A. Deyo;Sohail K. Mirza;Brook I. Martin

  • A validation of the Functional Independence Measurement and its performance among rehabilitation inpatients

    T.Andrew Dodds;Diane P. Martin;Walter C. Stolov;Richard A. Deyo

  • Physician Office Visits for Low Back Pain: Frequency, Clinical Evaluation, and Treatment Patterns From a U.S. National Survey

    L. Hart;Richard Deyo;Daniel Cherkin;Daniel Cherkin

  • Descriptive epidemiology of low-back pain and its related medical care in the United States.

    Richard A. Deyo;Yuh Jane Tsui-Wu

  • What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain

    Richard A. Deyo;James Rainville;Daniel L. Kent

  • United States trends in lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions

    Richard A. Deyo;Darryl T. Gray;Darryl T. Gray;William Kreuter;Sohail Mirza

  • The importance of placebo effects in pain treatment and research.

    Judith A. Turner;Richard A. Deyo;John D. Loeser;Michael Von Korff

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Cherkin
Daniel C. Cherkin Kaiser Permanente
Judith A. Turner
Judith A. Turner University of Washington
Patrick J. Heagerty
Patrick J. Heagerty University of Washington
John D. Loeser
John D. Loeser University of Washington
Roger Chou
Roger Chou Oregon Health & Science University
Michael Von Korff
Michael Von Korff Kaiser Permanente
William E. Barlow
William E. Barlow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Daniel E. Singer
Daniel E. Singer Harvard University
Thomas D. Koepsell
Thomas D. Koepsell University of Washington
Donald L. Patrick
Donald L. Patrick University of Washington

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