Response to Keriel-Gascou et al.: higher efficiency and other alleged advantages are not inherent to the stepped wedge design

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• ¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, MHeNS School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: wolfgang.viechtbauer@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
• ² Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• ³ Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Community Medicine, The Artic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
• ⁴ Department of Epidemiology, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• ⁵ Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.