Death Certificates Are Not Reliable: Revivification of the Autopsy
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 99 (7) , 728-733
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000224337.77074.57
Abstract
Background: Medicine assumes that vital statistics are accurate, but they are only as good as the death certificates. Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of death certificates in reporting vital statistics with an emphasis on cardiac deaths. Design: A population-based retrospective study within one community hospital. Patients: During the study period, 1,619 patients expired during...Keywords
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