Content validity and inter-rater reliability of an instrument to characterize unintentional medication discrepancies

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 577-591

  Claeys, Coraline ^a   Nève, Jean ^a   Tulkens, Paul M ^b   Spinewine, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community care; Elderly; Hospitalisation; Medication errors.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICATION DISCREPANCY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION RELATED PROBLEM; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84919909607     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11631980-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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