Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for US Death Investigation Systems

Quality death investigation is a critical piece of an effective public health system.1 When a person dies, a coroner, medical examiner, or health professional with knowledge of the decedent's medical conditions fills out the death certificate. Accurate cause-of death ascertainment has broad imp...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 111; no. S2; pp. S53 - S54
Main Authors:	Stokes, Andrew C., Lundberg, Dielle J., Bor, Jacob, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington American Public Health Association 01.07.2021
Subjects:	Certificates Certification Classifications Coronaviruses Coroners COVID-19 COVID-19 diagnostic tests Death Death & dying Death certificates Deaths Disease Drug overdose Ethnicity Fatalities Health care Health disparities Health services Inquests Medical conditions Medical personnel Medicine Mobilization Mortality Narcotics Opinions, Ideas, & Practice Pandemics Public health Racial inequality Racism Respiratory diseases Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Socioeconomic factors System effectiveness Systemic racism Viral diseases Vital statistics United States > US
ISSN:	0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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