Agreement between nurse and physician on aspects of the plan of care
| Aspect of care* | Weighted κ† | Agreement | ||
| None | Partial agreement | Complete agreement | ||
| Primary diagnosis, n (%) | 0.90 | 75 (26.2) | 60 (21.0) | 151 (52.8) |
| Planned tests, n (%) | 0.97 | 73 (26.0) | 43 (15.3) | 165 (58.7) |
| Planned procedures, n (%) | 0.94 | 31 (10.9) | 1 (0.4) | 252 (88.7) |
| Medication changes, n (%) | 0.98 | 118 (41.5) | 22 (7.7) | 144 (50.7) |
| Physician consultations, n (%) | 0.90 | 109 (38.5) | 22 (7.8) | 152 (53.7) |
| Anticipated length of stay, n (%)‡ | NA | 103 (36.1) | 87 (30.5) | 95 (33.3) |
NA, not applicable.
↵* N varies between 281 and 286 because of missing data elements.
↵† Weighted κ assessing inter-rater reliability between internists evaluating nurse–physician agreement on aspects of care.
↵‡ Length of stay agreement rated as follows: none=>1 day difference; partial=1 day difference; complete=no difference (exact match).