Accuracy of death certification in two tertiary care military hospitals

• Published in: Military medicine Vol. 164; no. 12; pp. 897 - 899
• Main Authors: CINA, S. J, SELBY, D. M, CLARK, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Association of Military Surgeons 01.12.1999; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Armed forces; Atherosclerosis; Autopsies; Autopsy - standards; Autopsy - statistics & numerical data; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer; Cardiac arrest; Cardiovascular disease; Cause of Death; Certification; Coronary vessels; Death Certificates; Hemorrhage; Hospitals, Military; Humans; Leukemia; Medical sciences; Metastasis; Miscellaneous; Patients; Pneumonia; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Sepsis; State employees; United States; Vein & artery diseases; United States; North America; America; United States > US; Texas; Human; Evaluation; Accuracy; Death certificate; Diagnosis; Hospital; Public health; Military

To determine the number and type of errors in death certifications, death certificates and corresponding postmortem examination results for 98 patients were analyzed at two tertiary care military hospitals. Of the 98 death certificates, errors were found in 36 (37%). The most prevalent type of error...