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ArticleThe Stata journal2023

Cluster randomized controlled trial analysis at the cluster level: The clan command.

Jennifer A Thompson, Baptiste Leurent, Stephen Nash, Lawrence H Moulton, Richard J Hayes

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Article in The Stata journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 authors.

Jennifer A ThompsonDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K.
Baptiste LeurentMedical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K.; Department of Statistical Science University College London London, U.K.
Stephen NashDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, U.K.
Lawrence H MoultonDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Richard J HayesDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, U.K.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R010161/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, we introduce a new command, clan, that conducts a cluster-level analysis of cluster randomized trials. The command simplifies adjusting for individual- and cluster-level covariates and can also account for a stratified design. It can be used to analyze a continuous, binary, or rate outcome.

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adjusting for covariatesanalysis methodclancluster randomized trialcluster summary analysisfew clustersgroup randomized trialst0727stratified trial

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PMID37850046
PMCPMC7615216

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