Potential application of item-response theory to interpretation of medical codes in electronic patient records
Background: electronic patient records are generally coded using extensive sets of codes but the significance of the utilisation of individual codes may be unclear. Item response theory (IRT) models are used to characterise the psychometric properties of items included in tests and questionnaires. T...
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| Language: | English |
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2011-12-16.
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