Impact of misclassification on measures of cardiovascular disease mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a cross-sectional study

• Autori principali: Ardeshir Khosravi (Autore), Chalapati Rao (Autore), Mohsen Naghavi (Autore), Richard Taylor (Autore), Nahid Jafari (Autore), Alan D Lopez (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: The World Health Organization, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent and pattern of misclassification of death from non-specific diagnoses emanating from the Iranian death registration system, and to correct the data for health policy and planning. METHODS: Detailed medical records for 1426 hospital deaths classified to seven ill-defin...