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Review
. 2000 Jul 1;321(7252):24-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7252.24.

Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study

S Wilson  1 , B C Delaney, A Roalfe, L Roberts, V Redman, A M Wearn, F D Hobbs
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Review

Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study

S Wilson et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Relation between recruitment rate and length of time in study. Recruitment rate is calculated as a 3 month moving average for each period after entry into the study. To adjust for differing practice populations, monthly recruitment rates have been directly standardised by practice list size.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Relation between practice recruitment rate and patients' mean symptom score at recruitment. Scores are sum of scores of four questions on dyspeptic symptoms each scored on a Likert scale from 0 to 4. High scores indicate more symptoms
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