Inadequacies of death certification in Beirut: who is responsible?

• Main Authors: Abla M. Sibai (Author), Iman Nuwayhid (Author), May Beydoun (Author), Monique Chaaya (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: The World Health Organization.
• Teme: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the completeness of data on death certificates over the past 25 years in Beirut, Lebanon, and to examine factors associated with the absence of certifiers' signatures and the non-reporting of the underlying cause of death. METHODS: A systematic 20% sample comprising 2607 de...