Concepedia

Accuracy of diagnosis on death certificates for underlying causes of death in a long-term autopsy-based population study in Hisayama, Japan; with special reference to cardiovascular diseases

Yutaka Hasuo, Kazuo Ueda, Yutaka Kiyohara, Junichi Wada, Hideo Kawano, Isao Kato, Toshiro Yanai, Ichiro Fuji, Teruo Omae, Masatoshi Fujishima

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 1989 · 96 citations · 20 references

Concepts

MedicineInternal MedicinePathologyAutopsy PathologyEpidemiologyAutopsy TechniqueCardiovascular PathologyCause Of Death CertificationCause Of Death DeterminationDeath CertificationMortality AnalysisCause Of Death MisclassificationCause Of Death RegistrationConcordance Between Death CertificatesDeath Certificate AccuracyDeath Certificate CertificationDeath Certificate Data ValidationDeath Certification AccuracySudden Death Autopsy Findings

References

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The Value of the Autopsy in Three Medical Eras

Lee Goldman, Robert Sayson, Stanley L. Robbins et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1983 · 828 citations

Medicine, Pathology, Radiology +16

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

Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Epidemiology +16

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

Medicine, Pathology, Autopsy Pathology +15

Factors Influencing Discrepancies Between Premortem and Postmortem Diagnoses

Ron M. Battle · JAMA · 1987 · 256 citations

Medicine, Pathology, Autopsy Pathology +13

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS DISCOVERED AT AUTOPSY

M Britton · Acta Medica Scandinavica · 1974 · 242 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathology +11