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Correlates of undefined cause of injury coded mortality data in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The objective of this research was to identify the level of detail regarding the external causes of death in Australia and ascertain problematic areas where data quality improvement efforts may be focused.
Chen, Linping   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Saving lives through certifying deaths: assessing the impact of two interventions to improve cause of death data in Perú

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Mortality statistics derived from cause of death data are an important source of information for population health monitoring, priority setting and planning.
Janet Miki   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reforming death certification [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2006
EDITOR—The government has cited cost and bureaucracy as reasons for not reforming death certification, as recommended by the Luce report and by Dame Janet Smith's report into the Shipman affair. …
openaire   +2 more sources

Certification of Death in Singapore

open access: yesProceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2014
Proper certification of death has legal, social, and epidemiological significance. There is unfortunately little in the existing medical literature relevant to such an important issue in Singapore.
Serene Ai Kiang Ong MSc   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of an educational intervention on errors in death certification: An observational study from the intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital

open access: yesJournal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2014
Background: A high incidence of errors occur while filling up death certificates in hospitals. The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of an educational intervention on errors in death certification in an intensive care unit (ICU).
Afzal Azim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Care at the End of Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Reviews RWJF's investments in improving end-of-life care, impact on the field, and lessons learned, including the need to coordinate objectives, integrate strategies, tie strategies to policy changes and incentives, and link communications and ...
Abby Spector   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Verbal Autopsy Methods with Multiple Causes of Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Verbal autopsy procedures are widely used for estimating cause-specific mortality in areas without medical death certification. Data on symptoms reported by caregivers along with the cause of death are collected from a medical facility, and the cause-of ...
King, Gary, Lu, Ying
core   +2 more sources

The importance of including manner of (injury) death on the death notification form

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2023
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P Groenewald   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Primer on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement for Interprofessional Chronic Kidney Disease Care: A Path to Joint Commission Certification. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Interprofessional care for chronic kidney disease facilitates the delivery of high quality, comprehensive care to a complex, at-risk population. Interprofessional care is resource intensive and requires a value proposition. Joint Commission certification
Awdishu, Linda   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing state level variation in signature authority and cause of death accuracy, 2005–2017

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2021
This study utilized a convergent mixed-methods design to examine whether variation in death certificate certifier type predicts the accuracy of cause of death reporting in the US.
J. Dalton Stevens, Scott D. Landes
doaj   +1 more source

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