##  [Stepped Wedge Trial](/index.php/stepped-wedge-trial) 

  ##  [Stepped Wedge Trial](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/stepped-wedge-trial-0) 

  

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Definition

A cluster-randomized study design in which clusters (for example, hospitals, clinics, or communities) are randomly assigned to a sequence of time points at which they switch from control to the intervention, so that by the end of the study all clusters have received the intervention; outcomes are measured repeatedly over time to permit within-cluster (pre/post) and between-cluster comparisons whil