Feasibility of using death certificates for studying place of death in Latin America

• Main Authors: Katja Seitz (Author), Luc Deliens (Author), Joachim Cohen (Author), Emanuel Adrian Cardozo (Author), Vilma A. Tripodoro (Author), Fernando Cesar Iwamoto Marcucci (Author), Luís Fernando Rodrigues (Author), Lea Derio (Author), Miguel Antonio Sánchez-Cárdenas (Author), Valentina Salazar (Author), Victor Rolando Samayoa (Author), Ximena Pozo (Author), Diane A. Dykeman-Sabado (Author), Celina Castañeda de la Lanza (Author), Nineth Carolina Baltodano Algaba (Author), Gabriela Píriz Alvarez (Author), Leticia Viana (Author), Tulio González (Author), Tania Pastrana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. This paper assesses the availability and quality of death certificate data in Latin America and the feasibility of using these data to study place of death and associated factors. Methods. In this comparative study, we collected examples of current official death certificates and digital...