Anticipated Monthly Patient Inclusion per Hospital in a Stepped-Wedge Trial

A figshare dataset by Ariena J. Rasker, last updated March 17, 2026. It contains projected monthly patient enrollment figures per hospital for a stepped-wedge clinical trial design. The data is stored in a 9.5 KB XLS file.

Use Cases

• Modeling patient recruitment timelines based on anticipated monthly inclusion rates.
• Conducting budget impact analyses for clinical trials based on projected enrollment.
• Planning resource allocation for hospitals in a stepped-wedge implementation trial.
• Comparing projected versus actual patient inclusion in Total Knee Arthroplasty studies.

Strengths

• Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a compact and focused dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ariena J. Rasker via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely generated as part of planning for a clinical trial.

Time Range

Anticipated/projected data; specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 17:26:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hospital-level data; specific geographic coverage is not stated.