TY - JOUR
T1 - An international comparison study indicated physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certificate affected reported national diabetes mortality
AU - Lu, Tsung Hsueh
AU - Walker, Sue
AU - Johansson, Lars Age
AU - Huang, Chien Ning
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by National Science Council, Taiwan with grant number: NSC93-2320-B-006-051.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - Background and Objective: Physicians may find it confusing to decide whether to report diagnoses in part I or part II of the death certificate. The aim of this study was to contrast differences in diabetes mortality through a comparison of physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certification among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden. Methods: A cross-sectional, intercountry comparison study. We calculated the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate and the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was selected as underlying cause of death. Results: We found that half of the differences in reported diabetes mortality among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden were due to differences in reporting deaths with mention of diabetes anywhere on the certificate, and half due to differences in proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate. Conclusion: Differences in the reporting of diabetes in part I of the death certificate among physicians in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden was one of the factors that affected differing reported diabetes mortality in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden.
AB - Background and Objective: Physicians may find it confusing to decide whether to report diagnoses in part I or part II of the death certificate. The aim of this study was to contrast differences in diabetes mortality through a comparison of physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certification among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden. Methods: A cross-sectional, intercountry comparison study. We calculated the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate and the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was selected as underlying cause of death. Results: We found that half of the differences in reported diabetes mortality among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden were due to differences in reporting deaths with mention of diabetes anywhere on the certificate, and half due to differences in proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate. Conclusion: Differences in the reporting of diabetes in part I of the death certificate among physicians in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden was one of the factors that affected differing reported diabetes mortality in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 16223658
AN - SCOPUS:26644436951
VL - 58
SP - 1150
EP - 1157
JO - Journal of Chronic Diseases
JF - Journal of Chronic Diseases
SN - 0895-4356
IS - 11
ER -