Comprehensive reliability assessment and comparison of quality indicators and their components

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1395-1404

  Huff, Edwin D ^a  

^a Healthcare Quality Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter rater agreement; Kappa; Quality indicator; Quality of measurement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031441430     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00218-7     Document Type: Article

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