Determinants of patient recruitment in a multicenter clinical trials group: trends, seasonality and the effect of large studies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We examined whether quarterly patient enrollment in a large multicenter clinical trials group could be modeled in terms of predictors including time parameters (such as long-term trends and seasonality), the effect of large trials an...

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Main Authors: Ioannidis John PA, Haidich Anna-Bettina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2001-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/1/4