Medical certification of cause of death during COVID-19 pandemic - a challenging scenario.
Corona warriors
SARS-COV-2
death certificate
mortality analysis
pandemic
Journal
Journal of family medicine and primary care
ISSN: 2249-4863
Titre abrégé: J Family Med Prim Care
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101610082
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
13
07
2020
revised:
17
09
2020
accepted:
02
10
2020
entrez:
8
3
2021
pubmed:
9
3
2021
medline:
9
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Death certificate data is used to monitor local, regional and national mortality trend and is helpful in improving public health as well as public safety. Accurate and reliable information about the cause of death in a population is useful for understanding disease burden estimation and trends in the health of populations; moreover, the information provided by such data is vital in terms of public health planning as well. With the continuous upsurge in mortality due to coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), mortality analysis could be valuable in addressing the current pandemic and implementing the epidemic control strategies effectively and efficiently. Given that COVID-19 death certification substantially affects the local and national responses towards disease prevention and transmission, the importance of the accuracy and quality of information in these certificates cannot be understated. Hence, accurate death certification related to COVID-19 is vital to understand the extent and progression of the current pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33681015
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1435_20
pii: JFMPC-9-5896
pmc: PMC7928126
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
5896-5898Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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