A case study of the impact of inaccurate cause-of-death reporting on health disparity tracking: New York city premature cardiovascular mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 733-739

  Johns, Lauren E ^b   Madsen, Ann M ^a   Maduro, Gil ^a   Zimmerman, Regina ^a   Konty, Kevin ^a   Begier, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875144713     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300683     Document Type: Article

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