The stepped wedge cluster randomized trial and its potential for child health services research: A narrative review

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-133

  Fatemi, Yasaman ^a   Jacobson, Robert M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; health services research; pediatrics; randomized controlled trials as topic; research design

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NARRATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CHILD; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84924634169     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.10.008     Document Type: Review

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