An Automated Method of Causal Inference of the Underlying Cause of Death of Citizens. [PDF]
Life (Basel), 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 ...
Yang X, Ma H, Gao K, Ge H.
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Obscuring effect of coding developmental disability as the underlying cause of death on mortality trends for adults with developmental disability: a cross-sectional study using US Mortality Data from 2012 to 2016. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective To determine whether coding a developmental disability as the underlying cause of death obscures mortality trends of adults with developmental disability.
Landes SD, Stevens JD, Turk MA.
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Improving the usefulness of US mortality data: new methods for reclassification of underlying cause of death. [PDF]
Popul Health Metr, 2016 Mappings of ICD9 and ICD10 codes to condensed set of causes of death, including garbage codes.
Foreman KJ, Naghavi M, Ezzati M.
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Factors associated with the reporting of Down syndrome as the underlying cause of death on US death certificates. [PDF]
J Intellect Disabil Res, 2022 BACKGROUND Efforts aimed at preventing premature mortality for people with Down syndrome are hindered by the practice of reporting disability as the underlying cause of death.
Landes SD, Turk MA, Finan JM.
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An Automatic Approach Designed for Inference of the Underlying Cause-of-Death of Citizens. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 It is very important to have a comprehensive understanding of the health status of a country’s population, which helps to develop corresponding public health policies.
Ge H +8 more
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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 ...
Amoretti MC, Lalumera E.
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JAMA Netw Open, 2023 Key Points Question Where does COVID-19 rank as an underlying cause of death for children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US? Findings Among children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked eighth among all causes of ...
Flaxman S +10 more
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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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Underlying Cause of Death Recorded during 2013 to 2015 at a Tertiary General Hospital in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. [PDF]
Nagoya J Med Sci, 2017 In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), the cause of death is not registered in death reports. As a result, the government cannot produce official reports that show mortality according to cause of death.
Phoummalaysith B +5 more
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High Israeli mortality rates from diabetes and renal failure - Can international comparison of multiple causes of death reflect differences in choice of underlying cause? [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2015 BackgroundThe age-adjusted mortality rate in Israel is low compared to most Western countries although mortality rates from diabetes and renal failure in Israel are amongst the highest, while those from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are amongst the ...
Nehama Goldberger +3 more
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