The quality of death certification practice in Greece

Hippokratia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-25

  Filippatos, G ^a   Andriopoulos, P ^a   Panoutsopoulos, G ^a   Zyga, S ^a   Souliotis, K ^a   Gennimata, V ^b   Tsironi, Maria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Death certificate; Errors; Health policy; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ERROR; GREECE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84988614152     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: 17908019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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