Recruiting patients cost-effectively by mail

Recruiting patients cost-effectively by mail

Introduction Large randomised trials have been successfully conducted using mailed drug supply and follow-up [1-4] . ASCEND (A Study of Cardiovascular Events iN Diabetes) is a randomised “2x2 factorial design” study of aspirin versus placebo and of omega-3 fatty acid versus placebo, for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people with diabetes. In order to be able to study 15,000 ...

The cost of recruiting physicians.

Recruiting Diverse Smokers: Enrollment Yields and Cost

To help tobacco control research better include vulnerable populations, we sought to identify effective ways to recruit diverse smokers. In 2014-2015, we recruited 2149 adult cigarette smokers in California and North Carolina, United States, to participate in a randomized trial of pictorial cigarette pack warnings. The most effective means of recruiting smokers were the classified advertising w...

By Electronic Mail Only

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Krisys: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Recruiting and Outreach Tool

Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently Professor and Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University. His are...