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.
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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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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. +2 more
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Beyond the underlying cause of death: an algorithm to study multi-morbidity at death [PDF]
Population Health MetricsBackground 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 +7 more
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Accuracy of Death Certificates and Assessment of Factors for Misclassification of Underlying Cause of Death [PDF]
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 Causes of Death among Adults with Cerebral Palsy [PDF]
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 +2 more
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Validity of underlying cause of death statistics in Hermosillo, Mexico [PDF]
Salud Pública de México, 2011 This paper assesses the quality of the underlying cause of death (COD) statistics in Hermosillo, Mexico in a random sample of 300 in-hospital adult deaths.A "gold standard" COD, determined by a systematic review of hospital medical charts, was compared to the COD reported by the vital registry system.Overall agreement between the reviewer and original ...
Mary H Freire de Carvalho +3 more
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Changes in liver-related mortality by etiology and sequelae: underlying versus multiple causes of death [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Necropsy-based study on dairy cow mortality—Underlying causes of death [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 The worldwide problem of increasing dairy cow mortality is widespread in modern production systems, it causes economic losses, and indicates problems with herd health and welfare. Most studies on causes of dairy cow mortality are limited as they are based on secondary register data, or questionnaires for producers or veterinarians, and neither ...
Karoliina Hagner +7 more
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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 Landes SD, Turk MA, Finan JM.
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