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Cause of death coding in Switzerland: evaluation based on a nationwide individual linkage of mortality and hospital in-patient records
BACKGROUND: Cause of death statistics are an important tool for quality control of the health care system. Their reliability, however, is controversial. Comparing death certificates with their corresponding medical records is implemented only occasionally but may point to quality problems. We aimed...
Autores principales: | Zellweger, Ueli, Junker, Christoph, Bopp, Matthias |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6397486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30823920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-019-0182-z |
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