What is a pragmatic clinical trial?

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Williams, Hywel C ^a   Burden Teh, Esther ^a   Nunn, Andrew J ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DERMATOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DOXYCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PREDNISOLONE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STEROIDS; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938069361     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2015.134     Document Type: Article

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