Accrual and recruitment practices at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Institutions: A call for expectations, expertise, and evaluation

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1180-1189

  Kost, Rhonda G ^a   Mervin Blake, Sabrena ^b   Hallarn, Rose ^c   Rathmann, Charles ^d   Kolb, H Robert ^e   Himmelfarb, Cheryl Dennison ^f   D'Agostino, Toni ^g   Rubinstein, Eric P ^h   Dozier, Ann M ⁱ   Schuff, Kathryn G ^j  

^a University Center for Clinical and Translational Science   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^j OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905448966     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000308     Document Type: Article

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