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 ...
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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.
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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:.
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Publication of Death Certificates [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1916 To the Editor: —A physician may not reveal the nature of his patient's illness during the patient's life without danger of legal penalty. But when the patient dies, the physician is required to give the cause of death in a certificate, which at once becomes a public document.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2016 Background: Cause of death (COD) information taken from death certificates is often inaccurate and incomplete. However, the accuracy of Underlying CODs (UCODs) recorded on death certificates has not been comprehensively described when multiple diseases ...
Makiko Naka Mieno
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Death certificates underestimate infections as proximal causes of death in the U.S. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Death certificates are a primary data source for assessing the population burden of diseases; however, there are concerns regarding their accuracy. Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) coding of a terminal hospitalization may provide an alternative view.
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