Improving the quality of external cause of death data in Brazil: evaluation and validation of a new form to investigate garbage codes

• Main Authors: Adauto Martins Soares Filho (Author), Raquel Barbosa de Lima (Author), Edgar Merchan-Hamann (Author), Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza (Author), Lene Mikkelsen (Author), Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh (Author), Tim Adair (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Garbage codes, such as external causes with no specific information, indicate poor quality cause of death data. Investigation of garbage codes via an effective instrument is necessary to convert them into useful data for public health. This study analyzed the performance and suitability of the new i...