Rethinking pragmatic randomised controlled trials: Introducing the "cohort multiple randomised controlled trial" design

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7753, 2010, Pages 963-967

  Relton, Clare ^a,c   Torgerson, David ^b   O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COHORT MULTIPLE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951709226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1066     Document Type: Article

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