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Death Certificate Completion Skills Of Hospital Physicians In A Developing Country, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Kanza Shamim, Najm Hasan Siddiqui, Muhammad Irfan, Javaid Ahmed Khan
Death Certificate Completion Skills Of Hospital Physicians In A Developing Country, Ahmed Suleman Haque, Kanza Shamim, Najm Hasan Siddiqui, Muhammad Irfan, Javaid Ahmed Khan
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Background
Death certificates (DC) can provide valuable health status data regarding disease incidence, prevalence and mortality in a community. It can guide local health policy and help in setting priorities. Incomplete and inaccurate DC data, on the other hand, can significantly impair the precision of a national health information database. In this study we evaluated the accuracy of death certificates at a tertiary care teaching hospital in a Karachi, Pakistan.
Methods
A retrospective study conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan for a period of six months. Medical records and death certificates of all patients who died under adult …