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16.3  Cluster-randomized trials

16.3.1 Introduction

16.3.2 Assessing risk of bias in cluster-randomized trials

16.3.3 Methods of analysis for cluster-randomized trials

16.3.4 Approximate analyses of cluster-randomized trials for a meta-analysis: effective sample sizes

16.3.5 Example of incorporating a cluster-randomized trial

16.3.6 Approximate analyses of cluster-randomized trials for a meta-analysis: inflating standard errors

16.3.7 Issues in the incorporation of cluster-randomized trials

16.3.8 Individually randomized trials with clustering