Use of verbal autopsy in a national health information system: Effects of the investigation of ill-defined causes of death on proportional mortality due to injury in small municipalities in Brazil

• Main Authors: Souza Maria de Fátima M (Author), Campos Deise (Author), Guimarães Mark DC (Author), França Elisabeth (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Mortality Information System (MIS) in Brazil records mortality data in hospitals and civil registries with the responsibility of compiling underlying cause of death. Despite continuous improvements in the MIS, some areas still ma...