Journal of clinical epidemiology
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Review Meta Analysis
The account for provider and center effects in multicenter interventional and surgical randomized controlled trials is in need of improvement: a review.
To systematically review the account of center and provider effects in large surgical and interventional randomized controlled trials. ⋯ Only few trials account for center or provider effect in the design and analysis. Authors and journal editors could play an important role in improving the reporting of trials.