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Death Certificate Misclassification

Death Certificate Misclassification is a systematic error in vital registration systems wherein the cause or timing of a maternal death is inaccurately recorded on a death certificate, leading to underreporting or misclassification of maternal mortality due to discrepancies between clinical reality and administrative coding practices.

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472

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238

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2017–2026

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Publications

122

Accuracy of cancer death certificates and its effect on cancer mortality statistics.

C Percy, Edward J. Stanek, Lynn Ann Gloeckler · American Journal of Public Health · 1981 · 706 citations · Full text

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The Autopsy as a Measure of Accuracy of the Death Certificate

Tobias Kircher, Judith Kay Nelson, Harold Burdo · New England Journal of Medicine · 1985 · 539 citations

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The Validity of Race and Hispanic-origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the United States: An Update.

Elizabeth Arias · PubMed · 2008 · 458 citations

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A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: I. Inaccuracies in death certification

H. M. Cameron, Euphemia McGoogan · The Journal of Pathology · 1981 · 307 citations

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Death Certification Errors and the Effect on Mortality Statistics

Lauri McGivern, L.P. Shulman, Jan K. Carney et al. · Public Health Reports · 2017 · 219 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SL
    Steven L. Shapiro

    University of Vermont, United States

    3 publications · 521 citations

    3

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  2. EA
    Elizabeth Arias

    National Center for Health Statistics, United States

    3 publications · 730 citations

    3

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  3. PD
    Paul D. Sorlie

    National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, United States

    3 publications · 272 citations

    3

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  4. IJ
    Irving J. Selikoff

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

    3

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  5. EH
    Elizabeth Hill

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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Institutions

238

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    341 citations

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    929 citations

  3. National Center for Health Statistics

    Hyattsville, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    545 citations

  4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    150 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    133 citations

  6. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

    3 publications · 353 citations

    3

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  4. American Journal of Industrial Medicine

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  5. The Medical Journal of Australia

    MJA · 3 publications · 70 citations

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