A systematic review of models to predict recruitment to multicentre clinical trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Barnard, Katharine D ^a   Dent, Louise ^a   Cook, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954205896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-63     Document Type: Review

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