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Research ArticleMETHODOLOGY

Considerations Before Selecting a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial Design for a Practice Improvement Study

Ann M. Nguyen, Charles M. Cleland, L. Miriam Dickinson, Michael P. Barry, Samuel Cykert, F. Daniel Duffy, Anton J. Kuzel, Stephan R. Lindner, Michael L. Parchman, Donna R. Shelley and Theresa L. Walunas
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2022, 20 (3) 255-261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2810
Ann M. Nguyen
1Rutgers University, Center for State Health Policy, New Brunswick, New Jersey
PhD, MPH
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  • For correspondence: anguyen@ifh.rutgers.edu
Charles M. Cleland
2NYU Langone Health, New York, New York
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L. Miriam Dickinson
3University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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Michael P. Barry
4SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
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Samuel Cykert
5University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MD
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F. Daniel Duffy
6University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Anton J. Kuzel
7Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Stephan R. Lindner
8Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Michael L. Parchman
9Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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Donna R. Shelley
10New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York
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Theresa L. Walunas
11Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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vol. 20 no. 3 255-261
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2810
PubMed 
35606135

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 2, 2020
  • Revision received September 1, 2021
  • Accepted for publication September 30, 2021
  • Published online May 23, 2022.

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  1. Ann M. Nguyen, PhD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Charles M. Cleland, PhD2,
  3. L. Miriam Dickinson, PhD3,
  4. Michael P. Barry4,
  5. Samuel Cykert, MD5,
  6. F. Daniel Duffy, MD, MACP6,
  7. Anton J. Kuzel, MD, MHPE7,
  8. Stephan R. Lindner, PhD8,
  9. Michael L. Parchman, MD, MPH9,
  10. Donna R. Shelley, MD, MPH10 and
  11. Theresa L. Walunas, PhD11
  1. 1Rutgers University, Center for State Health Policy, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  2. 2NYU Langone Health, New York, New York
  3. 3University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
  4. 4SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
  5. 5University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  6. 6University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  7. 7Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  8. 8Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
  9. 9Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
  10. 10New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, New York
  11. 11Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Ann M. Nguyen Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University 112 Paterson Street, 5th Floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901 anguyen{at}ifh.rutgers.edu
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