Sample size estimation for survival outcomes in cluster-randomized studies with small cluster sizes

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 616-621

  Manatunga, Amita K ^a   Chen, Shande ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized; Clusters; Multivariate survival; Sample size; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED; CLUSTER SIZES; CLUSTER-RANDOMISED STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE SURVIVAL; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; SAMPLE SIZE ESTIMATION; SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL CLUSTERS; SURVIVAL;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0033946932     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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