Wärn Gustav, Zilg Brita
Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Institute - Stockholm, Sweden.
Rättsmedicinalverket - Rättsmedicinska enheten i Stockholm stockholm, Sweden Rättsmedicinalverket - Rättsmedicinska enheten i Stockholm stockholm, Sweden.
Lakartidningen. 2019 Sep 10;116:FPDM.
According to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, about 3200 people a year die due to accidents. Around 900 of these are classified as "Accidental exposure to other and unspecified factors". A more precise classification with the board has not been recorded in these cases due to incomplete death certificates. This study examined the death certificates for this group in 2016 and compared it to patient records. This study showed that most cases of incomplete classification are in instances of elderly persons who sustained a fall and subsequently died due to complications of the resulting injury. The doctor has in most cases not perceived the death as accidental.This study showed that there is a lack of knowledge among doctors in how to accurately complete a death certificate.
根据瑞典国家卫生和福利委员会的数据，每年约有3200人死于事故。其中约900人被归类为“意外暴露于其他未指明因素”。由于死亡证明不完整，该委员会尚未对这些案例进行更精确的分类记录。本研究检查了2016年该群体的死亡证明，并将其与患者记录进行了比较。研究表明，大多数分类不完整的案例是老年人跌倒后因受伤并发症死亡的情况。在大多数情况下，医生并不认为这些死亡是意外。该研究表明，医生在如何准确填写死亡证明方面缺乏相关知识。
