Stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trials: A generic framework including parallel and multiple-level designs

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-196

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Lilford, Richard ^a   Girling, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Multiple levels of clustering; Sample size; Stepped wedge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZATION; STEPPED WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WARD; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LABOR INDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MIDWIFERY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84916204817     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.6325     Document Type: Article

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