How well does chart abstraction measure quality? A prospective comparison of standardized patients with the medical record.

By J. Luck, J. Peabody, T. Dresselhaus, M. Lee, P. Glassman. American Journal of Medicine, 2000

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Incidence, risk factors and consequences of ICU delirium (2006, neutral): “be more reliable than chart review [37].”
Looking through the retrospectoscope: reducing bias in emergency medicine chart review studies. (2014, methodology): “There is also the possibility that the abstractor may misinterpret what is written.(9,10) According to a criterion standard of reports from actor-patients, one study reported that 30% of care that was provided was not recorded and that 19% of care that was recorded was not provided.”