Looking at the future of the medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) in England and Wales

Internationally, the quality of death certification is poor although there are multiple efforts underway to improve the process. In England, a new medical certification system has been proposed to improve the quality of data. We surveyed general practitioners ( n  = 95) across the West Yorkshire are...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of legal medicine Jg. 138; H. 6; S. 2583 - 2585
Hauptverfasser: Millares Martin, Pablo, Allsop, Matthew J., Carder, Paul
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cause of Death
Certification
Data quality
Death & dying
Death Certificates
England
Family physicians
Forensic Medicine
Forensic pathology
General Practitioners
Humans
Integrated delivery systems
Legal medicine
Medical examiners
Medical Law
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Physicians
Primary care
Public health
Quality control
Short Communication
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wales
England
Wales
Death certificates
Data quality
Information management
Information sharing
Health information technology
Medical examiner
ISSN:0937-9827, 1437-1596, 1437-1596
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Zusammenfassung:Internationally, the quality of death certification is poor although there are multiple efforts underway to improve the process. In England, a new medical certification system has been proposed to improve the quality of data. We surveyed general practitioners ( n  = 95) across the West Yorkshire area of England to appraise their views regarding whether further possible changes to the death certification system could promote their quality.
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ISSN:0937-9827
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DOI:10.1007/s00414-024-03292-2