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Postgrad Med J 2005;81:549-551 doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.031005
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Use of the single subject design for practice based primary care research

  1. J E Janosky
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr J E Janosky
 University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, and the Center for Primary Care Community-Based Research, 3518 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA; jejpitt.edu
  • Received 23 November 2004
  • Accepted 25 January 2005

Abstract

The use of a single subject research design is proposed for practice based primary care research. An overview of the rationale of the design, an introduction to the methodology, strengths, limitations, a sample of recent literature citations, a working example, and possible clinical applications are presented.

Footnotes

  • Funding: part of this work was supported through a grant from NIH/NLM R03 LM 8281.

  • Conflicts of interest: none.

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