Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement.

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Published in BMJ on November 11, 2008

Authors

Merrick Zwarenstein1, Shaun Treweek, Joel J Gagnier, Douglas G Altman, Sean Tunis, Brian Haynes, Andrew D Oxman, David Moher, CONSORT group, Pragmatic Trials in Healthcare (Practihc) group

Author Affiliations

1: Health Services Sciences, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. merrick.zwarenstein@ices.on.ca

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