Cardiologists' charting varied by risk factor, and was often discordant with patient report

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1073-1079

  Gravely Witte, Shannon ^a,h   Stewart, Donna E ^a,b   Suskin, Neville ^c   Higginson, Lyall ^d   Alter, David A ^e,f,g   Grace, Sherry L ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiologist; Completeness; Concordance; Medical charts; Patient self report; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50549099592     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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