Systematic review of statistics on causes of deaths in hospitals: Strengthening the evidence for policy-makers;Examen systématique des statistiques sur les causes de décès en milieu hospitalier: Renforcement des preuves pour les responsables politiques;Revisión sistemática de las estadísticas sobre las causas de muerte en los hospitales: Fortalecimiento de la evidencia para los creadores de políticas

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Rampatige, Rasika ^a   Mikkelsen, Lene ^b   Hernandez, Bernardo ^c   Riley, Ian ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LM Consulting   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; REGISTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICS; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908432359     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.137935     Document Type: Review

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