Methods for dealing with unequal cluster sizes in cluster randomized trials: A scoping review

• Denghuang Zhan ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jzhan@cheos.ubc.ca, zdhjeffrey@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-6460

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• Liang Xu ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Yongdong Ouyang ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Richard Sawatzky,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley City, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-190X

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• Hubert Wong

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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