title: Assessing health benefit from hospitalization. Agreement between expert panels.
abstract: Agreement between two expert panels in assessing gain in life expectancy and quality of life from unselected stays in a department of internal medicine was investigated. Weighted kappa statistics of 0.45 for gain in life expectancy and 0.63 for gain in quality of life were found.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Tromsø.
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Almdahl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hensrud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mürer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nord
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pape
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robertsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thorsen
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009664:Norway; D015588:Observer Variation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis