Identifying potential differences in cause-of-death coding practices across Russian regions

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Danilova, Inna ^a,b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a,c   Jdanov, Dmitri A ^a,c   Meslé, France ^d   Vallin, Jacques ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Coding; Mortality statistics; Russia; Validation

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-10; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENILITY; STOMACH CANCER;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84962609397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0078-0     Document Type: Article

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