The inter-rater reliability of a generic measure of severity of illness

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 466-471

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generic; Reliability; Severity measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031282877     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.6.466     Document Type: Article

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