Proposed design for a randomized effectiveness study in social medicine
Michel, E.
Gesundheitswesen 60(8-9): 482-485
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0941-3790 PMID: 9816765 Document Number: 486720
For ethical, medical, financial as well as legal reasons scientific evaluation is mandatory in the field of public health or rehabilitative medicine. We prototype a fictive randomised and controlled study, taking into account numerous concerns against such a type of statistical analysis in the special field. The theoretical benefits of the study design do well balance its modest cost.
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