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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
PhD
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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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