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Inter-rater reliability of ICD-10 in Chinese patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

AHT Pang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry,=, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
GS Ungvari*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry,=, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
CK Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry,=, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
T Leung
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry,=, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

In an attempt to assess the universal applicability of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10), two psychiatrists from different socio-cultural backgrounds and training independently performed a chart review of 238 Chinese patients. Inter-rater reliability figures were comparable to those found in the WHO-coordinated ICD-10 field trials. The results suggest that ICD-10 has good ‘universality’ in routine clinical practice.

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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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