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Digital transformation of mortality reporting using an ICD-11 integrated death certificate system in Suriname [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
The Ministry of Health of Suriname has replaced the outdated 1958 paper-based death certificate with an adapted digital version based on the World Health Organization international form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, integrated with the ...
Jerry Toelsie, Richard Mendes, Ritesh Dhanpat, Radjesh Ori, Rosmond Adams, Coen van Gool, Carine Alsokhn, Katri Kontio, and Yafflo Ouattara   +8 more
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Death Certificate-Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance - United States, January-December 2020. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2021
Approximately 375,000 deaths during 2020 were attributed to COVID-19 on death certificates reported to CDC (1). Concerns have been raised that some deaths are being improperly attributed to COVID-19 (2).
Gundlapalli AV, Lavery AM, Boehmer TK, Beach MJ, Walke HT, Sutton PD, Anderson RN.   +6 more
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The association between taking a death certificate course and practical knowledge about death certificate among Saudi medical students

Quality in Sport, 2022
In Saudi Arabia, family members, general practitioners, morticians, or police officer, who are eligible to request autopsies, refrain from doing so to expedite the burial of the deceased.
Walery Zukow, Norah AlHogail, Saud Alaqeel, Khayyal Alderaan, Abdulla Al-hawamdeh, Hani Alhudhaif   +5 more
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Risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care: Nationwide population-based death certificate study. [PDF]

Palliat Med, 2018
Background: Most people would prefer to die at home as opposed to hospital; therefore, understanding mortality patterns by place of death is essential for health resources allocation.
Gomes B, Pinheiro MJ, Lopes S, de Brito M, Sarmento VP, Lopes Ferreira P, Barros H.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Differences in place of death between lung cancer and COPD patients: a 14-country study using death certificate data. [PDF]

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med, 2017
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer are leading causes of death with comparable symptoms at the end of life. Cross-national comparisons of place of death, as an important outcome of terminal care, between people dying from chronic ...
Cohen J, Beernaert K, Van den Block L, Morin L, Hunt K, Miccinesi G, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, MacLeod R, Ruiz-Ramos M, Wilson DM, Loucka M, Csikos A, Rhee YJ, Teno J, Ko W, Deliens L, Houttekier D.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Issues using linkage of hospital records and death certificate data to determine the size of a potential palliative care population. [PDF]

Palliat Med, 2017
Background: Studies aiming to identify palliative care populations have used data from death certificates and in some cases hospital records. The size and characteristics of the identified populations can show considerable variation depending on the data
Brameld K, Spilsbury K, Rosenwax L, Murray K, Semmens J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Development of a New Electronic Death Certificate and Death Management Module Integrated Into the Health Information System of a Tertiary Hospital in Mali: Implementation Report

JMIR Medical Informatics
BackgroundDeath certification provides reliable epidemiological data that are essential for public health decision-making. Implementing an electronic death certificate improves data quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
Mahmoud Cissé, Mahamoudane Niang, Abdrahamane Anne, Mariam Sidibé, Dramane Traoré, Abdoulaye Traoré, Idrissa Traoré, Cheick Oumar Bagayoko   +7 more
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The quality of medical death certification of cause of death in hospitals in rural Bangladesh: impact of introducing the International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Accurate and timely data on cause of death are critically important for guiding health programs and policies. Deaths certified by doctors are implicitly considered to be reliable and accurate, yet the quality of information provided in the ...
Riley H. Hazard, Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Tim Adair, Adnan Ansar, A. M. Quaiyum Rahman, Saidul Alam, Nurul Alam, Rasika Rampatige, Peter Kim Streatfield, Ian Douglas Riley, Alan D. Lopez   +10 more
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Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses

BMC Public Health, 2007
Background Systematic and reliable epidemiological information at population level, preferably cross-national, is needed for an adequate planning of (end-of-life) health care policies, e.g. concerning place of death, but is currently lacking.
Kaasa Stein, Addington-Hall Julia, Miccinesi Guido, Löfmark Rurik, Bilsen Johan, Cohen Joachim, Norup Michael, van der Wal Gerrit, Deliens Luc   +8 more
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Continuous Deep Sedation Until Death-a Swiss Death Certificate Study. [PDF]

J Gen Intern Med, 2018
Ziegler S, Schmid M, Bopp M, Bosshard G, Puhan MA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources