Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 537-542, May 2011

Prospectively screening for eligible patients was inaccurate in predicting patient recruitment of orthopedic randomized trials

  • Bauke W. Kooistra

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada. Tel.: 905-527-4322 ext. 44490; fax: 905-527-523-8781.
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  • Bernadette G. Dijkman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
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  • Gordon H. Guyatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
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  • Sheila Sprague

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
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  • Paul Tornetta III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Mohit Bhandari

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario L8L 2X2, Canada

Accepted 14 May 2010. published online 30 August 2010.

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PII: S0895-4356(10)00182-4

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.05.002

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 537-542, May 2011