Ongoing patient randomization: an innovation in medical care research

Hospitals often have rotational assignment of patients to one of several similar provider care teams. The research potential of these arrangements has gone unnoticed. By changing to random assignment of patients and physicians to provider care teams (firms) this kind of organization can be used for...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inHealth services research Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 663 - 678
Main Authors Cargill, V, Cohen, D, Kroenke, K, Neuhauser, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Health Research and Educational Trust 01.12.1986
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Administration
Clinical Trials as Topic - standards
Female
Health care
Health Services Research
Hospital administration
Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
Hospitals
Hospitals, General
Hospitals, Military
Hospitals, University
Humans
Male
Medical care
Ohio
Patient Admission
Patients
Random Allocation
Random samples
Research Design
Rotation
Ohio
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Hospitals often have rotational assignment of patients to one of several similar provider care teams. The research potential of these arrangements has gone unnoticed. By changing to random assignment of patients and physicians to provider care teams (firms) this kind of organization can be used for sequential, randomized clinical trials which are ethical and efficient. The paper describes such arrangements at three different hospitals: Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Brooke Army Medical Center, and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Associated methodologic issues are discussed. This is a new, more widely applicable method for medical care research.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 23
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773