Examining intra-rater and inter-rater response agreement: A medical chart abstraction study of a community-based asthma care program

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  To, Teresa ^a,b,c   Estrabillo, Eileen ^c   Wang, Chengning ^a   Cicutto, Lisa ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CARE PROGRAM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SPIROMETRY; CANADA; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44349132662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-29     Document Type: Article

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