Cause of death coding in Switzerland: evaluation based on a nationwide individual linkage of mortality and hospital in-patient records.
Ueli ZellwegerChristoph JunkerMatthias Boppnull nullPublished in: Population health metrics (2019)
Substantial regional variation and lower agreement rates among socially disadvantaged groups like single, less educated, or culturally less integrated persons suggest potential for improving reporting of diagnoses and causes of death by physicians in Switzerland. Studies of this kind should be regularly conducted as a quality monitoring.