Non-referral of unnatural deaths to coroners and non-reporting of unnatural deaths on death certificates in Taiwan: Implications of using mortality data to monitor quality and safety in healthcare

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-205

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a   Shaw, Kai Pin ^b   Hsu, Pei Yuen ^c   Chen, Lea Hua ^c   Huang, Shiuh Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

^c Office of Statistics   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Forensic medicine; Mortality; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERTIFICATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORONER; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44449155279     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn007     Document Type: Article

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