The association between taking a death certificate course and practical knowledge about death certificate among Saudi medical students [PDF]
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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Evaluating an educational intervention to improve the accuracy of death certification among trainees from various specialties [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2007 Background The inaccuracy of death certification can lead to the misallocation of resources in health care programs and research. We evaluated the rate of errors in the completion of death certificates among medical residents from various specialties ...
Villar Jesús, Pérez-Méndez Lina
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The Role of COVID-19 in the Death of SARS-CoV-2-Positive Patients: A Study Based on Death Certificates. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2020 Background: Death certificates are considered the most reliable source of information to compare cause-specific mortality across countries. The aim of the present study was to examine death certificates of persons who tested positive for severe acute ...
Grippo F +17 more
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Cause of death for patients with breast cancer: discordance between death certificates and medical files, and impact on survival estimates [PDF]
Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background Registration and coding of cause of death is prone to error since determining the exact underlying condition leading directly to death is challenging.
Hava Izci +16 more
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Pregnant? Validity of the pregnancy checkbox on death certificates in four states, and characteristics associated with pregnancy checkbox errors. [PDF]
Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2020 BACKGROUND Maternal mortality rates in the United States appear to be increasing. One potential reason may be increased identification of maternal deaths after the addition of a pregnancy checkbox to the death certificate.
Catalano A +9 more
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Autopsy histology data suggest cirrhosis is frequently under-reported on death certificates [PDF]
Hepatology Communications, 2023 Background:. Cirrhosis may be asymptomatic yet contribute to ill health. Here, we studied how often cirrhosis is discovered first at an autopsy. We also examined how frequent this finding was not reported on formal death certificates. Methods:.
Hannes Hagström +3 more
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Cause of death affects racial classification on death certificates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Recent research suggests racial classification is responsive to social stereotypes, but how this affects racial classification in national vital statistics is unknown.
Andrew Noymer +2 more
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Misclassification of causes of death among a small all-autopsied group of former nuclear workers: Death certificates vs. autopsy reports. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries performs autopsies on each of its deceased Registrants as a part of its mission to follow up occupationally-exposed individuals.
Stacey L McComish +4 more
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Improving Validity of Cause of Death on Death Certificates. [PDF]
ACM BCB, 2018 Accurate reporting of causes of death on death certificates is essential to formulate appropriate disease control, prevention and emergency response by national health-protection institutions such as Center for disease prevention and control (CDC).
Hoffman RA +4 more
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Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment [PDF]
Population Health Metrics, 2005 Background We aimed to determine optimal strategies for complete mortality ascertainment comparing death certificates and United States (US) Veterans Administration (VA) records.
Asch Steven M +4 more
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