RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Summarizing and coding case records: can the task be delegated?
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 67
OP 68
VO 36
IS 283
A1 A.M.W. Porter
A1 C. Tibbott
YR 1986
UL http://bjgp.org/content/36/283/67.abstract
AB After several preliminary joint sessions a doctor and a nurse independently constructed summary cards for 100 alphabetically consecutive case records and coded them according to the classification of the Royal College of General Practitioners. The searches and codings were repeated after an interval of at least one month. The error rates of the doctor and the nurse were similar. The interobserver concordance for the ratings was acceptable for broad diagnostic categories, but was less good when strict criteria were applied. It is concluded that the task may be delegated.