Redistributing ill-defined causes of death - a case study from the BURDEN 2020-project in Germany.

Annelene WenglerHeike GruhlDietrich PlaßJanko LeddinAlexander RommelElena von der Lippenull null

Published in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2021)

This is the first comprehensive redistribution of IDD using the German cause of death statistics. Performing a redistribution is necessary for burden of disease analyses, otherwise there would be an underreporting of certain causes of death or large numbers of deaths coded to residual or unspecific codes.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
risk factors