Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?

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Main Authors: Mohsen Naghavi, Nicola Richards, Hafiz Chowdhury, James Eynstone-Hinkins, Elisabeth Franca, Michael Hegnauer, Ardeshir Khosravi, Lauren Moran, Lene Mikkelsen, Alan D. Lopez
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01525-w
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spelling doaj-77cf61bfa3b34f1ca924fb0f111fbf8b2020-11-25T01:48:40ZengBMCBMC Medicine1741-70152020-03-011811310.1186/s12916-020-01525-wImproving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?Mohsen Naghavi0Nicola Richards1Hafiz Chowdhury2James Eynstone-Hinkins3Elisabeth Franca4Michael Hegnauer5Ardeshir Khosravi6Lauren Moran7Lene Mikkelsen8Alan D. Lopez9Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of WashingtonMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of MelbourneMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of MelbourneAustralian Bureau of StatisticsUniversity of Minas GeraisSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of BaselMinistry of Health and Medical EducationAustralian Bureau of StatisticsMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of MelbourneMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbournehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01525-wMortalityCause of deathGarbage codesUnusable and insufficiently specified codesICD-10Ill-defined codes
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author Mohsen Naghavi
Nicola Richards
Hafiz Chowdhury
James Eynstone-Hinkins
Elisabeth Franca
Michael Hegnauer
Ardeshir Khosravi
Lauren Moran
Lene Mikkelsen
Alan D. Lopez
spellingShingle Mohsen Naghavi
Nicola Richards
Hafiz Chowdhury
James Eynstone-Hinkins
Elisabeth Franca
Michael Hegnauer
Ardeshir Khosravi
Lauren Moran
Lene Mikkelsen
Alan D. Lopez
Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
BMC Medicine
Mortality
Cause of death
Garbage codes
Unusable and insufficiently specified codes
ICD-10
Ill-defined codes
author_facet Mohsen Naghavi
Nicola Richards
Hafiz Chowdhury
James Eynstone-Hinkins
Elisabeth Franca
Michael Hegnauer
Ardeshir Khosravi
Lauren Moran
Lene Mikkelsen
Alan D. Lopez
author_sort Mohsen Naghavi
title Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
title_short Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
title_full Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
title_fullStr Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
title_full_unstemmed Improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
title_sort improving the quality of cause of death data for public health policy: are all ‘garbage’ codes equally problematic?
publisher BMC
series BMC Medicine
issn 1741-7015
publishDate 2020-03-01
topic Mortality
Cause of death
Garbage codes
Unusable and insufficiently specified codes
ICD-10
Ill-defined codes
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01525-w
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