A cross-comparison of retrospective notes extraction and combined notes extraction and patient interview in the completion of a comorbidity index (ACE-27) in a cohort of United Kingdom patients with head and neck cancer

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 937-941

  Paleri, Vinidh ^b   Wight, R G ^a  

^a North Riding Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b 101 Beechwood House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4043133521     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150260369499     Document Type: Article

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