Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports.

K. Haynes; S. Hennessy; K. H. Morales; G. A. Gibson; C. Barnhart; C. K. Jaipaul; D. R. Linkin

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Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports.

September 12, 2007

Haynes K, Hennessy S, Morales KH, et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;83(3):485-8.

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Pharmacists and physicians reviewed medication error reports prepared by pharmacists to determine causative factors and severity. Agreement between reviewers on what factors led to the error was poor.

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