Provider reported challenges with completing death certificates: A focus group study demonstrating potential sources of error.
Alexandra MorganThomas AndrewSylvia M A GuerraValeria LunaLouise DaviesJudy R ReesPublished in: PloS one (2022)
There are specific and substantial challenges in the death certification process that lead to errors in documenting the cause of death, but many of these challenges could be addressed with structural change to the forms or mechanism of training. Using these data to inform change could improve the death certification process and reliability of this data.