title: There are some circumstances where the stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial is preferable to the alternative: no randomized trial at all. Response to the commentary by Kotz and colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, York Trials Unit, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK. noreen.mdege@york.ac.uk
authors.forename: Noreen D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Mdege
authors.forename: Mei-See
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: Celia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Taylor nee Brown
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Torgerson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design