The University of Texas Houston Stroke Registry (UTHSR): Implementation of enhanced data quality assurance procedures improves data quality

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a,b,c   Gonzales, Nicole R ^b   Ardjomand Hessabi, Manouchehr ^c   Tahanan, Amirali ^c   Sline, Melvin R ^b   Peng, Hui ^c   Pandurengan, Renganayaki ^c   Vahidy, Farhaan S ^b   Tanksley, Jessica D ^d   Delano, Ayodeji A ^b   Malazarte, Rene M ^b   Choi, Ellie E ^b   Savitz, Sean I ^b   Grotta, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Error rate; Gold standard; Inter rater reliability; Quality assurance procedures; Quality control; Registry; Stroke; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTITHROMBINS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878893828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-61     Document Type: Article

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