Accuracy and reliability of assessment of severity of illness before and after an educational intervention

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Shiels, Christopher ^a   Hutchinson, Allen ^a   Eccles, Martin ^b   Gardiner, Eric ^a   Smoljanovic, Lada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DUSOI; Educational intervention; Inter rater reliability; Record review; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030276103     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.1996.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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