Reliability of cause of death coding: an international comparison

This study evaluates the agreement of nosologic coding of cardiovascular causes of death between a Chilean coder and one in the United States, in a stratified random sample of death certificates of persons aged ≥ 60, issued in 2008 in the Valparaíso and Metropolitan regions, Chile. All causes of dea...

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Main Authors: Carmen Antini, Danuta Rajs, María Teresa Muñoz-Quezada, Boris Andrés Lucero Mondaca, Gerardo Heiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2015-07-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015000701473&lng=en&tlng=en