The electronic cumulative illness rating scale: A reliable and valid tool to assess multi-morbidity in primary care

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1089-1093

  Fortin, Martin ^a,b   Steenbakkers, Karin ^c   Hudon, Catherine ^a,b   Poitras, Marie Eve ^b   Almirall, José ^c   Van Den Akker, Marjan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computerized data processing; multi morbidity; primary care; reliability of results; severity of illness index; validity of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80755169465     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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