Investigation of garbage code deaths to improve the quality of cause-of-death in Brazil: results from a pilot study

• Main Authors: Raquel Barbosa de Lima (Author), Ashley Frederes (Author), Maria Fatima Marinho (Author), Carolina Cândida da Cunha (Author), Tim Adair (Author), Elisabeth Barboza França (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Reliable cause-of-death statistics are an important source of information on trends and differentials in population health. In Brazil, the Mortality Information System is responsible for compiling cause of death (CoD) data. Despite the success in reducing R-codes ill-defined c...