A team of researchers wants to find out whether a new protoc…

A team of researchers wants to find out whether a new protocol for discharging patients from inpatient hospitalizations will decrease 30-day readmissions. They decide to design a randomized controlled trial. In the study, at one large, urban hospital in the United States, all hospitalized patients will be randomly assigned to receive either 1) the standard process for discharging patients from that hospital, or 2) the new protocol designed by the researchers. The researchers will then track all participants for 30 days and determine whether they were readmitted. This study aims to test a causal relationship. True or false?

A team of researchers wants to find out whether a new protoc…

A team of researchers wants to find out whether a new protocol for discharging patients from inpatient hospitalizations will decrease 30-day readmissions. They decide to design a randomized control trial. In the study, at one large, urban hospital in the United States, all hospitalized patients will be randomly assigned to receive either 1) the standard process for discharging patients from that hospital, or 2) the new protocol designed by the researchers. The researchers will then track all participants for 30 days and determine whether they were readmitted. The results of this study will be generalizable to any patient hospitalized anywhere. True or False?