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Beyond the underlying cause of death: an algorithm to study multi-morbidity at death [PDF]

Population Health Metrics
Background In countries with high life expectancy, a growing share of the population is living with several diseases, a situation referred to as multi-morbidity.
Francesco Grippo, Luisa Frova, Marilena Pappagallo, Magali Barbieri, Sergi Trias-Llimós, Viviana Egidi, France Meslé, Aline Désesquelles   +7 more
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An Automated Method of Causal Inference of the Underlying Cause of Death of Citizens [PDF]

Life, 2022
It is of great significance to correctly infer the underlying cause of death for citizens, especially under the current worldwide situation. The medical resources of all countries are overwhelmed under the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 ...
Xu Yang, Hongsheng Ma, Keyan Gao, Hui Ge
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COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death: disentangling facts and values. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci, 2021
In the ongoing pandemic, death statistics influence people's feelings and government policy. But when does COVID-19 qualify as the cause of death? As philosophers of medicine interested in conceptual clarification, we address the question by analyzing the World Health Organization's rules for the certification of death.
Amoretti MC, Lalumera E.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Comparative evaluation of underlying causes of death processed by the Automated Classification of Medical Entities and the Underlying Cause of Death Selection Systems [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1998
INTRODUCTION: The correct identification of the underlying cause of death and its precise assignment to a code from the International Classification of Diseases are important issues to achieve accurate and universally comparable mortality statistics ...
Santo Augusto H., Pinheiro Celso E., Rodrigues Eliana M.   +2 more
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Accuracy of Death Certificates and Assessment of Factors for Misclassification of Underlying Cause of Death

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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DeepDeath: Learning to predict the underlying cause of death with Big Data. [PDF]

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2017
AbstractMultiple cause-of-death data provides a valuable source of information that can be used to enhance health standards by predicting health related trajectories in societies with large populations. These data are often available in large quantities across U.S. states and require Big Data techniques to uncover complex hidden patterns. We design two
Hassanzadeh HR, Ying Sha, Wang MD.
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Underlying Causes of Death among Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Background: Adults with cerebral palsy (CP) represent a growing population whose healthcare needs are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the underlying causes of death (UCOD) among adults with CP in the United States.
Mark D. Peterson, Allecia M. Wilson, Edward A. Hurvitz   +2 more
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Ischemic heart disease: medical certificate of cause of death analysis

Российский кардиологический журнал, 2022
Aim. According to data from the Moscow Oblast civil registry office in 2020, to analyze medical certificates of cause of death (MCCD), where the code from “Ischemic heart disease” (IHD) (I20-I25) group is indicated as underlying cause of death (UCD ...
I. V. Samorodskaya, T. K. Chernyavskaya, E. P. Kakorina, V. Yu. Semyonov   +3 more
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Changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae: underlying versus multiple causes of death

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background The expanded definition of liver-related deaths includes a wide range of etiologies and sequelae. We compared the changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae for different age groups between 2008 and 2018 in the USA using both ...
Ming-Jen Sheu, Fu-Wen Liang, Ching-Yih Lin, Tsung-Hsueh Lu   +3 more
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Assessment of the underlying causes of adult deaths using a short version of verbal autopsy in Xaiyabouli Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background In developing countries, it is difficult to collect the data of the underlying cause of death (UCOD), especially when a death does not occur in a health facility.
Bounbouly Thanavanh, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Kaiyason Sida, Kene Duangdy, Lasavong Latsamy, Khounsavath Senaphane, Viengsakhone Louangpradith, Souphaphone Sadettan, Souphalak Inthaphatha, Kimihiro Nishino, Eiko Yamamoto   +10 more
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