Pragmatic strategies that enhance the reliability of data abstracted from medical records

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-54

  Eder, Clara ^a   Fullerton, Judith ^b   Benroth, Robert ^a   Lindsay, Suzanne P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Project Concern International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 16244395118     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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