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. 2014 Jun 20;34(8):826–835. doi: 10.1002/phar.1452

Table 2.

Concordance Expert Panel Medication Regimen Complexity with MRCI Ranking and Medication Count Ranking (Claims and Electronic Medical Record Views)

Expert Claims View EMR View
Weighted κ Spearman's ρ Weighted κ Spearman's ρ
MRCI Score Medication Count MRCI Score Medication Count MRCI Score Medication Count MRCI Score Medication Count
Single-disease cohort (DM)
 1 0.33 0.63* 0.53 0.82* 0.63* 0.25 0.82* 0.48
 2 0.55* 0.25 0.82* 0.53 0.48* 0.25 0.78* 0.57
 3 0.55* 0.18 0.83* 0.13 0.33 0.33 0.48 0.60
 4 0.63* 0.25 0.80* 0.50 0.70* 0.25 0.90* 0.45
 5 0.55* 0.33 0.77* 0.60 0.48* 0.48* 0.67* 0.72*
 6 0.55* 0.18 0.77* 0.43 0.63* 0.40 0.87* 0.68*
 7 0.48* 0.48* 0.77* 0.75* 0.55* 0.55* 0.70* 0.78*
 Consensus 0.55* 0.33 0.85* 0.63 0.55* 0.40 0.80* 0.68*
Multiple-disease cohort (HTN, DM, HIV, GD)
 1 0.55* 0.40 0.80* 0.60 0.33 0.40 0.65 0.70*
 2 0.48* 0.25 0.80* 0.50 0.48* 0.25 0.67* 0.33
 3 0.33 0.25 0.48 0.47 0.10 0.63* 0.30 0.83*
 4 0.25 0.40 0.50 0.68* 0.25 0.48* 0.48 0.73*
 5 0.55* 0.55* 0.77* 0.73* 0.48* 0.55* 0.65 0.83*
 6 0.63* 0.40 0.87* 0.70* 0.55* 0.25 0.83* 0.55
 7 0.33 0.55* 0.58 0.77* 0.25 0.48* 0.42 0.65
 Consensus 0.63* 0.48* 0.85* 0.75* 0.40 0.55* 0.67* 0.77*

MRCI = Medication Regimen Complexity Index; DM = diabetes, HTN = hypertension; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; GD = geriatric depression.

*

p<0.05.