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Table 5 Agreement between assessment methods, comparing preventable versus non-preventable adverse drug events, using consensus ratings

From: Methods for evaluating adverse drug event preventability in emergency department patients

Consensus Ratings by Definition

Instrumental Agreement

Kappa (95% CIs)

n = 1356

Best Practice-Based [4] vs. Algorithm-Based [24]

0.88 (0.85–0.91)

Algorithm-Based [24] vs. Error -Based [23]

0.89 (0.86–0.91)

Best Practice-Based [4] vs. Error -Based [23]

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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