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 [PDF]
JMIR Medical InformaticsBackgroundDeath 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 +7 more
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Trends and disparities in neoplasm-related mortality with death-certificate-documented protein-energy malnutrition in the United States, 1999–2024: a CDC WONDER multiple cause of death study [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundMalnutrition is clinically important but often underrecognized among patients with neoplasms. National temporal patterns of neoplasm-related deaths with death-certificate-documented protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) remain unclear.MethodsWe ...
Qi Gan, Kaide Xia, Xiuju Yang
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Digital transformation of mortality reporting using an ICD-11 integrated death certificate system in Suriname [PDF]
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaThe Ministry of Health of Suriname has replaced the outdated 1958 paper-based death certificate with an adapted digital version based on the World Health Organization international form of Medical Certificate of Cause of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 +8 more
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Death certificate: admitting uncertainty [PDF]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2018 Luiz Otávio Savassi Rocha
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Journal of Education, Health and 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.
Khaldoon Aljerian +5 more
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Overall and cause-specific mortality in patients with dementia: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES: Information regarding the underlying causes of death (UCODs) and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of dementia is instrumental in formulating medical strategies to prolong life in persons with dementia (PWD).
Chia-Lun Kuo +6 more
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Analysis of Errors on Death Certificate for Trauma Related Death [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2019 Purpose This study was to investigate errors of death certificate (DC) issued for patients with trauma. Methods A retrospective review for DC issued after death related to trauma at a training hospital trauma center was conducted.
Jun Hyuk Chang +3 more
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Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report
Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2023 Background There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan. Method We used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death ...
Nobuyuki Kajiwara +6 more
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Feasibility of using death certificates for studying place of death in Latin America
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. This paper assesses the availability and quality of death certificate data in Latin America and the feasibility of using these data to study place of death and associated factors. Methods.
Katja Seitz +18 more
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