Investigation of ill-defined causes of death: assessment of a program's performance in a State from the Northeastern region of Brazil

• Main Authors: Elisabeth Barboza França (Author), Carolina Cândida da Cunha (Author), Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos (Author), Juan José Cortez Escalante (Author), Daisy Xavier de Abreu (Author), Raquel Barbosa de Lima (Author), Otaliba Libânio de Morais Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The proportion of ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) was persistently high in some regions of Brazil in 2004. In 2005, the Brazilian government implemented a project in order to decrease this proportion, especially in higher priority states and municipalities. This study aimed to evaluate...