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Underreporting of diabetes mellitus as the cause of death in Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil over 40 years: a documental study [PDF]

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Objective To evaluate, characterize and search for trends in the underreporting of diabetes mellitus (DM) as the cause of death in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, over 40 years. Subjects and methods This was a documental study.
Lucas Casagrande Passoni Lopes, Gabriel Araújo Medeiros, Mauro Wieczorek, Marina dos Santos de Carvalho Pinto, Carlos Antonio Negrato   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A reproducible approach with R markdown to automatic classification of medical certificates in French [PDF]

, 2017
In this paper, we report the ongoing developments of our first participation to the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF) eHealth Task 1: “Multilingual Information Extraction - ICD10 coding” (Névéol et al., 2017).
Beghini, Federica, Di Nunzio, Giorgio Maria, Henrot, Genevi\ue8ve, Vezzani, Federica   +3 more
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International study of the place of death of people with cancer: a population-level comparison of 14 countries across 4 continents using death certificate data

British Journal of Cancer, 2015
Background:Where people die can influence a number of indicators of the quality of dying. We aimed to describe the place of death of people with cancer and its associations with clinical, socio-demographic and healthcare supply characteristics in 14 ...
Joachim Cohen, L. Pivodic, G. Miccinesi, B. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Wayne Naylor, Donna M Wilson, M. Loučka, Agnes Csikós, K. Pardon, L. V. D. Block, Miguel Ruiz-Ramos, M. Cárdenas-Turanzas, Y. Rhee, Régis Aubry, Kate Hunt, Joan M. Teno, D. Houttekier, L. Deliens, L. Deliens   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Group Life Insurance: Its Legal Aspects [PDF]

, 1935
Background: Female representation on boards is an ongoing debate. The European Parliament voted in November 2013 in favour of a proposal that it should be at least 40 percent women on company boards by 2020.
Gustavsson, Jenny, Skeppstedt, Maria
core   +3 more sources

Characteristics of Belgian 'life-ending acts without explicit patient request' : a large-scale death certificate survey revisited [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: “Life-ending acts without explicit patient request,” as identified in robust international studies, are central in current debates on physician-assisted dying.
Bernheim, Jan L, Chambaere, Kenneth, Deliens, Luc, Downar, James   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

HIV infection and COVID-19 death: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform

medRxiv, 2020
Background: It is unclear whether HIV infection is associated with risk of COVID-19 death. We aimed to investigate this in a large-scale population-based study in England.
K. Bhaskaran, C. Rentsch, B. Mackenna, Anna Schultz, A. Mehrkar, C. Bates, R. Eggo, C. Morton, S. Bacon, P. Inglesby, I. Douglas, A. Walker, H. Mcdonald, J. Cockburn, E. Williamson, D. Evans, H. Forbes, H. Curtis, W. Hulme, John Parry, F. Hester, S. Harper, Stephen Evans, L. Smeeth, B. Goldacre   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of Mexico’s low cancer mortality using two national death registries

Salud Pública de México, 2020
Objective. To compare cancer mortality rates in Mexico from two national death registries that independently code and attribute cause of death. Materials and methods.
Susana Lozano-Esparza, Dalia Stern, Juan Eugenio Hernandez-Avila, Evangelina Morales-Carmona, Alejandro Mohar, Martin Lajous   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft, Audit Scotland, C Feudtner, C Knapp, Ciarán Humphreys, D Bainbridge, Department of Health, Department of Health Western Australia, F Finlay, Gareth R Davies, J Noyes, J Noyes, Jane Noyes, K Lowson, K McNamara-Goodger, L Brook, L Fraser, Llinos Haf Spencer, Lucie Hobson, M Doug, Mary Devins, Mary Lewis, NPC, Public Health Wales, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Richard Hain, Richard P Hastings, Scottish Children and Young People's Palliative Care Executive Group (SCYPPEx), T Hughes-Hallet, Together for Short Lives, V Sugar, Vasiliki Totsika, Virginia Bennett, World Health Organisation   +37 more
core   +1 more source

Causes of Mortality for Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims: Comparison between Routine Death Certificate and Verbal Autopsy Findings

PLoS ONE, 2013
Background Indonesia provides the largest single source of pilgrims for the Hajj (10%). In the last two decades, mortality rates for Indonesian pilgrims ranged between 200–380 deaths per 100,000 pilgrims over the 10-week Hajj period.
Masdalina Pane, Sholah Imari, Qomariah Alwi, I. Nyoman Kandun, A. Cook, G. Samaan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Death certificate completion skills of hospital physicians in a developing country

BMC Health Services Research, 2013
BackgroundDeath certificates (DC) can provide valuable health status data regarding disease incidence, prevalence and mortality in a community. It can guide local health policy and help in setting priorities.
A. Haque, Kanza Shamim, N. Siddiqui, M. Irfan, J. Khan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source