title: Development and reliability of the Royal College of Physicians stroke audit form. UK Stroke Audit Group.
abstract: This article reports the development of an audit form for assessing the quality of stroke care from medical records. A consensus conference to define standards was followed by testing of pilot versions of the audit form. Then formal assessment of inter-rater reliability was carried out in four centres using 76 medical records, each assessed by two of eight auditors. Inter-rater reliability was acceptable, especially when medically qualified auditors were used.
authors: Department of Acute Care of the Elderly, St Andrew's Hospital, London.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Gompertz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dennis
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hopkins
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ebrahim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015588:Observer Variation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors