Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-181

  Forrey, Ryan A ^a   Pedersen, Craig A ^b,d   Schneider, Philip J ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Div of Pharm Pract and Admin   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacy Practice   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Data collection; Errors, medication; Methodology; National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention; Reports

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDMARX SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33947169206     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060109     Document Type: Article

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