Comparison of ICD coding between mortality statistics and study-intern retrospective re-coding

The aim of this study was to assess agreement between study-intern nosologist death certificate coding and official mortality statistics ICD codes. During the follow-up of a historical cohort study conducted in Germany, original death certificates were obtained for deceased cohort members and ICD co...

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Published in:	Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) Vol. 71; no. 4; p. 220
Main Authors:	Klug, S J, Bardehle, D, Ressing, M, Schmidtmann, I, Blettner, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	German
Published:	Germany 01.04.2009
Subjects:	Cause of Death Death Certificates Germany - epidemiology Humans International Classification of Diseases - statistics & numerical data Internship and Residency Mortality Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Germany
ISSN:	1439-4421, 1439-4421
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