Article: The cost-effectiveness of a new disease management model for frail elderly living in homes for the elderly, design of a cluster randomized controlled clinical trial.(Study protocol)

Authors: Marijke Boorsma [1,3]; Hein PJ van Hout (corresponding author) [1]; Dinnus H Frijters [2]; Miel W Ribbe [2]; Giel Nijpels [1]

Background

Publishing the design of a study and the results of the pilot is seen as useful by various publishers because of the possibility to compare the originally intended and hypothesized objectives and the final outcomes. Some authors mentioned that publishing the design of a study prevents publication bias of adverse or negative outcomes [1, 2]. A positive effect of publishing a design article is prevention of such bias [1]. In addition, publishing the pilot results provides a better insight in the choices for ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!