Death Certification and New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) statistics for diabetes mellitus: An under-recognised health problem

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-118

  Chen, Frank ^a   Florkowski, Christopher M ^b   Dever, Marion ^b   Beaven, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical coding; Death certificates; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CODING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0346671136     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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