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Methodology and reporting characteristics of studies using interrupted time series design in healthcare

BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard when evaluating the causal effects of healthcare interventions. When RCTs cannot be used (e.g. ethically difficult), the interrupted time series (ITS) design is a possible alternative. ITS is one of the strongest quasi-...

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Autores principales: Hudson, Jemma, Fielding, Shona, Ramsay, Craig R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31272382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0777-x