Advanced statistics: Understanding Medical Record Review (MRR) Studies

2004/02/01 by Andrew Worster, Ted Haines
Decision Sciences · Health Professions · Medicine · #Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills #Health Sciences Research and Education #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2004.tb01433.x

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Abstract

Medical record review (MRR) studies have been reported to make up 25% of all scientific studies published in emergency medical (EM) journals. However, unlike other study designs, there are no standards for reporting MRRs and very little literature on the methodology for conducting them. The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with methodological guidance regarding the strengths and weaknesses of these types of studies.

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