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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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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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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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An Automatic Approach Designed for Inference of the Underlying Cause-of-Death of Citizens [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and 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. Correct inference of the underlying cause-of-death for citizens is essential to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the health status of a country’s population.
Keyan Gao, Ziyi Huan, Xuemei Su
exaly   +5 more sources

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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The impact of errors in medical certification on the accuracy of the underlying cause of death. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Background Correct certification of cause of death by physicians (i.e. completing the medical certificate of cause of death or MCCOD) and correct coding according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) rules are essential to produce quality mortality statistics to inform health policy.
Gamage USH, Adair T, Mikkelsen L, Mahesh PKB, Hart J, Chowdhury H, Li H, Joshi R, Senevirathna WMCK, Fernando HDNL, McLaughlin D, Lopez AD.   +11 more
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National and provincial burden of interstitial lung disease mortality in China, 2013–2021: a nationwide analysis of trends and underlying cause of death [PDF]

Respiratory Research
Background The national and provincial epidemiological characteristics of interstitial lung disease (ILD) mortality remain unknown in China. To assess ILD mortality trends, causes, and regional disparities in China (2013–2021).
Fanshu Yan, Lingling Yu, Zifang Zhou, Lijun Wang, Maigeng Zhou, Zhuoli Zhang, Peng Yin   +6 more
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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
Abstract Multiple 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.
Hassanzadeh HR, Ying Sha, Wang MD.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Hypertension is the underlying cause of death assessed at the autopsy of individuals [PDF]

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2019
Objective: To analyze hypertension and its relationship with the causes of death identified by the autopsy. Method: Cross-sectional study analyzed 356 participants belonging to the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group, over 50 years of age, autopsied at ...
Juliana Chaves Coelho, Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini, Claudia Kimie Suemoto, Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite, Wilson Jacob-Filho, Angela Maria Geraldo Pierin   +5 more
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