Effects of inappropriate cause-of-death certification on mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Tonga

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus are major health issues in Tonga and other Pacific countries, although mortality levels and trends are unclear. We assess the impacts of cause-of-death certification on coding of CVD and diabetes as underlying causes of death (UCoD). MET...

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Autores principales: Figueroa, Carah A., Linhart, Christine L., Dearie, Catherine, Fusimalohi, Latu E., Kupu, Sioape, Morrell, Stephen L., Taylor, Richard J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10691179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38041110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17294-z

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