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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.
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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) and countries need to allocate limited resources to the most suitable place.
Yang X, Ma H, Gao K, Ge H.
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Beyond the underlying cause of death: an algorithm to study multi-morbidity at death. [PDF]
Popul Health MetrIn countries with high life expectancy, a growing share of the population is living with several diseases, a situation referred to as multi-morbidity. In addition to health data, cause-of-death data, based on the information reported on death certificates, can help monitor and characterize this situation. This requires going beyond the underlying cause
Grippo F +7 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 +11 more
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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. 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.
Ge H +8 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.
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2016 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 are present.A total of 450 consecutive autopsies performed at a geriatric hospital in Japan between February 2000
Shizukiyo Ishikawa +2 more
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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 These factors, among other ones, led to the development of computer software programs in order to ...
Santo, Augusto H. +2 more
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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 +2 more
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On the distribution of underlying causes of death. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1982 The feasibility of applying surveillance techniques to large health data sets is being explored through study of a national mortality data base encompassing 21 million United States death records for the period 1968--1978. Through the development of efficient file structures and information recovery techniques, it is possible to pose a series of ...
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