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Challenges of Prolonged Follow-up and Temporal Imbalance in Pragmatic Trials: Analysis of the ENCOURAGE Trial

Joshua S. Richman, Susan Andreae and Monika M. Safford
The Annals of Family Medicine August 2015, 13 (Suppl 1) S66-S72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1790
Joshua S. Richman
1Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
2Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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3Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Monika M. Safford
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vol. 13 no. Suppl 1 S66-S72
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1790
PubMed 
26304974

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 26, 2014
  • Revision received March 2, 2015
  • Accepted for publication March 12, 2015
  • Published online August 24, 2015.

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  1. Joshua S. Richman, PhD, MD1,2⇑,
  2. Susan Andreae, MPH3 and
  3. Monika M. Safford, MD3
  1. 1Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
  2. 2Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
  3. 3Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Joshua Richman, PhD, MD, 1720 2nd Avenue South, KB428, Birmingham, AL 35294, jrichman{at}uabmc.edu

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