The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: Rationale, design, analysis, and reporting

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hemming, K ^a   Haines, T P ^b   Chilton, P J ^a   Girling, A J ^a   Lilford, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEPPED WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL PROTOCOL; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84929484635     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h391     Document Type: Article

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