Building an international network for a primary care research program: reflections on challenges and solutions in the set-up and delivery of a prospective observational study of acute cough in 13 European countries.

BACKGROUND: Implementing a primary care clinical research study in several countries can make it possible to recruit sufficient patients in a short period of time that allows important clinical questions to be answered. Large multi-country studies in primary care are unusual and are typically assoc...

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Main Authors: Nuttall, J, Hood, K, Verheij, T, Little, P, Brugman, C, Veen, R, Goossens, H, Butler, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011