Comparing Swedish hospital discharge records with death certificates: Implications for mortality statistics

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-502

  Johansson, Lars Age ^a,b   Westerling, Ragnar ^b  

^a STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Hospital records; Main diagnosis; Medical record linkage; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033924290     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intjepid/29.3.495     Document Type: Article

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