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Feasibility of using death certificates for studying place of death in Latin America
Seitz, Katja; Deliens, Luc; Cohen, Joachim; Cardozo, Emanuel Adrian; Tripodoro, Vilma A; Iwamoto Marcucci, Fernando Cesar; Rodrigues, Luís Fernando; Derio, Lea; Sánchez Cárdenas, Miguel Antonio; Salazar, Valentina; Samayoa, Victor Rolando; Pozo, Ximena; Dykeman Sabado, Diane A; Baltodano Algaba, Nineth Carolina; Píriz Alvarez, Gabriela Gualconda; Viana, Leticia; González, Tulio; Pastrana, Tania.
Afiliação
  • Seitz, Katja; Universidad RWTH. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Paliativa. Aachen. DE
  • Deliens, Luc; Universidad de Bruselas. Grupo de Investigación de Cuidados al Final de la Vida. Bruselas. BE
  • Cohen, Joachim; Universidad de Bruselas. Grupo de Investigación de Cuidados al Final de la Vida. Bruselas. BE
  • Cardozo, Emanuel Adrian; Ministerio de Salud de la Nación. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Tripodoro, Vilma A; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Departamento de Cuidados Paliativos. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Iwamoto Marcucci, Fernando Cesar; Hospital Dr. Anísio Figueiredo. Secretaría de Estado de Salud de Paraná. Londrina. BR
  • Rodrigues, Luís Fernando; Hospital Oncológico de Barretos. Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos. Barretos. BR
  • Derio, Lea; Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Enfermería. Santiago. CL
  • Sánchez Cárdenas, Miguel Antonio; Universidad de Navarra. Observatorio Mundial de Cuidados Paliativos. Pamplona. ES
  • Salazar, Valentina; Universidad del Tolima. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Ibagué. CO
  • Samayoa, Victor Rolando; Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos. Instituto de Cancerología. Ciudad de Guatemala. GT
  • Pozo, Ximena; Ministerio de Salud Pública. Hospital de Atención Integral al Adulto Mayor. Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos. Quito. EC
  • Dykeman Sabado, Diane A; Fundación Corazón del Siervo. Santo Domingo. DO
  • Baltodano Algaba, Nineth Carolina; Instituto de Salud del Estado de México. Coordinación del Programa de Voluntades Anticipadas y Cuidados Paliativos. Toluca. MX
  • Píriz Alvarez, Gabriela Gualconda; Universidad de la República. Facultad de Medicina. Cátedra de Medicina Intensiva. Montevideo. UY
  • Viana, Leticia; Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Departamento de Cuidados Paliativos y Dolor. Capiatá. PY
  • González, Tulio; Instituto de Oncología Dr. Luis Razetti. Caracas. VE
  • Pastrana, Tania; Universidad RWTH. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Paliativa. Aachen. DE
Rev. panam. salud pública ; 45: e149, 2021. tab
Article em En | LILACS, UY-BNMED, BNUY | ID: biblio-1425720
Biblioteca responsável: UY1.1
ABSTRACT

Objective:

this paper assesses the availability and quality of death certificate data in Latin America and the feasibility of using these data to study place of death and associated factors.

Methods:

in this comparative study, we collected examples of current official death certificates and digital data files containing information about all deaths that occurred during 1 year in 19 Latin American countries. Data were collected from June 2019 to May 2020. The records for place of death and associated variables were studied. The criteria for data quality were completeness, number of ill-defined causes of death and timeliness.

Results:

all 19 countries provided copies of current official death certificates and 18 of these registered the place of death. Distinguishing among hospital or other health care institution, home and other was possible for all countries. Digital data files with death certificate data were available from 12 countries and 1 region. Three countries had data considered to be of high quality and seven had data considered to be of medium quality. Categories for place of death and most of the predetermined factors possibly associated with place of death were included in the data files.

Conclusions:

the quality of data sets was rated medium to high in 10 countries. Hence, death certificate data make it feasible to conduct an international comparative study on place of death and the associated factors in Latin America.
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Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Assunto principal: Controle de Qualidade / Atestado de Óbito / Causas de Morte Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Rev. panam. salud pública Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Assunto principal: Controle de Qualidade / Atestado de Óbito / Causas de Morte Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Rev. panam. salud pública Assunto da revista: SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article