Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a medical record abstraction study on transition of care after childhood cancer.

The abstraction of data from medical records is a widespread practice in epidemiological research. However, studies using this means of data collection rarely report reliability. Within the Transition after Childhood Cancer Study (TaCC) which is based on a medical record abstraction, we conducted a...

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Main Authors: Micòl E Gianinazzi, Corina S Rueegg, Karin Zimmerman, Claudia E Kuehni, Gisela Michel, Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4441480?pdf=render