Response to Keriel-Gascou et al.: higher efficiency and other alleged advantages are not inherent to the stepped wedge design.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, MHeNS School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: wolfgang.viechtbauer@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Wolfgang
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Viechtbauer
Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Daniel
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Kotz
Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Community Medicine, The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Mark
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Spigt
Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ilja C W
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Arts
Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Rik
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Crutzen
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