Concatenating Clinical Trials To One Another and Embedding Them Within One Another

We agree that Klein and Smith's (1999) vision for multisite efficacy/effectiveness intervention clinics possesses several advantages, but we ask whether these advantages may be had less ambitiously. Specifically, we suggest that if independent efficacy centers maintain their rigor and control b...

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Published in:Prevention & treatment 1999-03, Vol.2 (1), p.No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified
Main Authors: Joiner, Thomas E, Voelz, Zachary R, Pettit, Jeremy W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Trials
Community Mental Health Centers
Community Psychiatry
Drug Therapy
Human
Methodology
Organizational Characteristics
Treatment Effectiveness Evaluation
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Summary:We agree that Klein and Smith's (1999) vision for multisite efficacy/effectiveness intervention clinics possesses several advantages, but we ask whether these advantages may be had less ambitiously. Specifically, we suggest that if independent efficacy centers maintain their rigor and control but simultaneously broaden to examine an array of effectiveness concerns, and if the results from independent centers are capably pooled by meta-analysts, much of what Klein and Smith envision may be accomplished.
ISSN:1522-3736
1522-3736
DOI:10.1037/1522-3736.2.1.26c