Randomised and non-randomised studies to estimate the effect of community-level public health interventions: definitions and methodological considerations
Abstract Background The preferred method to evaluate public health interventions delivered at the level of whole communities is the cluster randomised trial (CRT). The practical limitations of CRTs and the need for alternative methods continue to be debated. There is no consensus on how to classify...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Themes in Epidemiology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-017-0063-5 |