Response to Keriel-Gascou et al.: Higher efficiency and other alleged advantages are not inherent to the stepped wedge design

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 834-836

  Viechtbauer, Wolfgang ^a   Kotz, Daniel ^b   Spigt, Mark ^a,c   Arts, Ilja C W ^b,d   Crutzen, Rik ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STEPPED WEDGE DESIGN;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84902547128     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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