Certifying diabetes-related cause-of-death: A comparison of inappropriate certification statements in Sweden, Taiwan and the USA

Diabetologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2878-2881

  Lu, T H ^a   Hsu, P Y ^b   Bjorkenstam, C ^c   Anderson, R N ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Office of Statistics   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750906762     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0470-6     Document Type: Article

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