Cause of death coding in Switzerland: evaluation based on a nationwide individual linkage of mortality and hospital in-patient records
Abstract Background Cause of death statistics are an important tool for quality control of the health care system. Their reliability, however, is controversial. Comparing death certificates with their corresponding medical records is implemented only occasionally but may point to quality problems. W...
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Main Authors: | Ueli Zellweger (Author), Christoph Junker (Author), Matthias Bopp (Author), for the Swiss National Cohort Study Group (Author) |
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2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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