Place, time and certified cause of death in people who die after hospital admission for myocardial infarction or stroke

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-342

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Roberts, Stephen E ^a   Griffith, Myfanwy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital admission statistics; Mortality statistics; Myocardial infarction; Record linkage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME;

EID: 13244277878     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.338     Document Type: Article

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