Physician's manual reporting underestimates mortality: evidence from a population-based HIV/AIDS treatment program

• Main Authors: Yip Benita (Author), Chan Keith (Author), Anema Aranka (Author), Au-Yeung Christopher G (Author), Montaner Julio SG (Author), Hogg Robert S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In clinical and cohort research, mortality estimates are often derived from manual reports generated by physicians or electronic reports from vital event registries. We examined the rate of underreporting of deaths by manual methods...