Assessment of the accuracy of death certification at two referral hospitals

• Main Authors: Abdulaziz A BinSaeed (Author), Muslim M Al-Saadi (Author), Khaldoon A AlJerian (Author), Saad A Al-Saleh (Author), Mosaad A Al-Hussein (Author), Khalid S Al-Majid (Author), Ziyad S Al-Sani (Author), Khalid A Al-Rabeeah (Author), Khalid A Arab (Author), Khalid A Al-Sheikh (Author), Sheik S Ahamed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background : Death certification is a vital source of information used in mortality statistics worldwide to assess the health of the general population.This study focuses on the consistency of information between the death reports and the clinical records (files) of deceased patients in two hospital...