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A pragmatic–explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers

Kevin E. Thorpe, Merrick Zwarenstein, Andrew D. Oxman, Shaun Treweek, Curt D. Furberg, Douglas G. Altman, Sean Tunis, Eduardo Bergel, Ian Harvey, David J. Magid and Kalipso Chalkidou
CMAJ May 12, 2009 180 (10) E47-E57; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090523
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vol. 180 no. 10 E47-E57
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090523
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19372436
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  • Published online May 11, 2009.

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  1. Kevin E. Thorpe, MMath,
  2. Merrick Zwarenstein, MD MSc,
  3. Andrew D. Oxman, MD,
  4. Shaun Treweek, BSc PhD,
  5. Curt D. Furberg, MD PhD,
  6. Douglas G. Altman, DSc,
  7. Sean Tunis, MD MSc,
  8. Eduardo Bergel, PhD,
  9. Ian Harvey, MB PhD,
  10. David J. Magid, MD MPH,
  11. Kalipso Chalkidou, MD PhD
  1. From the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Thorpe) and the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Zwarenstein), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Health Services Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Zwarenstein), Toronto, Ont.; the Preventive and International Health Care Unit, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services (Oxman, Treweek), Oslo, Norway; the Division of Clinical and Population Sciences and Education, University of Dundee (Treweek), Dundee, UK; the Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Furberg), Winston-Salem, USA; the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford (Altman), Oxford, UK; the Center for Medical Technology Policy (Tunis), Baltimore, USA; the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (Bergel), Geneva, Switzerland; the Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (Harvey), Norwich, UK; the Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, and the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics and of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Magid), Denver, USA; and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Chalkidou), London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Prof. Kevin E. Thorpe, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 6th floor, Health Sciences Building, 155 College St., Toronto ON M5T 3M7; fax 416 864-6057; kevin.thorpe{at}utoronto.ca

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