Validity of and interrater agreement on the LINNEAUS Euro-PC medication safety incident classification system in primary care in Poland

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-374

  Kosiek, Katarzyna ^a   Vögele, Anna ^b   Lainer, Miriam ^c   Sönnichsen, Andreas ^d   Bowie, Paul ^e   Godycki Cwirko, Maciek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b South Tyrolian Academy of General Practice   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical safety; medical error

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICATION SAFETY INCIDENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; POLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACISTS; POLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84904005867     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12138     Document Type: Review

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