Interrater agreement with a standard scheme for classifying medication errors

15 January 2007

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Vol. 64 (2) , 175-181
https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp060109

Abstract

Purpose. The interrater agreement for and reliability of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index for categorizing medication errors were determined.

Keywords

MEDICATION ERRORS
AGREEMENT
NCC
INTERRATER
COUNCIL
CATEGORIZING
COORDINATING
MERP
STANDARD SCHEME

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