Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-488

  Haynes, K ^a   Hennessy, S ^a   Morales, K H ^a   Gibson, G A ^b   Barnhart, C ^b   Jaipaul, C K ^a   Linkin, D R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 39449092196     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100322     Document Type: Article

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