Unexplained differences between hospital and mortality data indicated mistakes in death certification: an investigation of 1,094 deaths in Sweden during 1995

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1202-1209

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

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Death certificates; Medical record linkage; Medical records; Mortality statistics; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849094201     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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