| Literature DB >> 3667039 |
Abstract
An investigation into the effect of national death certification and coding practices on published mortality statistics in eight EEC countries is reported. Doctors in each country were asked to complete specimen death certificates for a bank of written case histories. Certificates from each country were coded by their own offices and then by a WHO reference centre. Within and between countries, discrepancies occurred both in the doctors' diagnoses and in the codes assigned to certificates. At an international level these differences had serious implications for the comparability of mortality data for cancers of the cervix and uterus, and for mesotheliomas.Entities:
Keywords: Biology; Cancer; Case Studies; Causes Of Death; Cervical Effects; Cervix; Coding; Comparative Studies; Data Collection; Data Sources; Death Rate; Death Records; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Error Sources; Europe; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Examinations And Diagnoses; Genitalia; Genitalia, Female; Health; Health Personnel; Information; Information Processing; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Measurement; Mortality; Neoplasms; Physicians; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Register; Population Statistics; Records; Reliability; Research Methodology; Studies; Urogenital System; Uterine Effects; Uterus; Vital Statistics
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3667039 DOI： 10.1093/ije/16.3.411
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Epidemiol ISSN： 0300-5771 Impact factor: 7.196