Ethical and policy issues in cluster randomized trials: rationale and design of a mixed methods research study.

BACKGROUND: Cluster randomized trials are an increasingly important methodological tool in health research. In cluster randomized trials, intact social units or groups of individuals, such as medical practices, schools, or entire communities--rather than individual themselves--are randomly allocate...

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Main Authors: Taljaard, M, Weijer, C, Grimshaw, J, Belle Brown, J, Binik, A, Boruch, R, Brehaut, J, Chaudhry, S, Eccles, M, McRae, A, Saginur, R, Zwarenstein, M, Donner, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009