Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 7 No. 5-6, 2012.
Professional paper
Improvement of the quality of completing death certificate – education of medical staff.
Tanja Ćorić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5084-287X
; Croatian National Institute for Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Mortality statistics data provide the important indicators for the assessment of population’s health. Reliability and consistency of the mortality statistics mostly depends on the quality of the data contained in the death certificate. Medical employee (coroner) on the basis of his expert opinion determines the cause of death and enters such data in the death certificate. It is necessary to ensure the continuous education of physicians on applying a proper method of completing the death certificate with regard to underlying, prior and immediate cause of death. The educational program which is conducted in Croatia includes all necessary units and is tailored to the needs of inpatient and outpatient coroners. The published "Manual on completing the death certificate" provides the most important information to coroners necessary for the efficient performance of coroners’ services in one place.
Keywords
coroner; death certificate; education
Hrčak ID:
84704
URI
Publication date:
21.6.2012.
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