在拉丁美洲使用死亡证明研究死亡地点的可行性。
Feasibility of using death certificates for studying place of death in Latin America.
作者信息
Seitz Katja, Deliens Luc, Cohen Joachim, Cardozo Emanuel Adrian, Tripodoro Vilma A, Marcucci Fernando Cesar Iwamoto, Rodrigues Luís Fernando, Derio Lea, Sánchez-Cárdenas Miguel Antonio, Salazar Valentina, Samayoa Victor Rolando, Pozo Ximena, Dykeman-Sabado Diane A, de la Lanza Celina Castañeda, Algaba Nineth Carolina Baltodano, Alvarez Gabriela Píriz, Viana Leticia, González Tulio, Pastrana Tania
机构信息
Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Department of Palliative Medicine, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Aachen Germany.
End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University Brussels Belgium.
出版信息
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021 Dec 16;45:e149. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2021.149. eCollection 2021.
OBJECTIVE
This paper assesses the availability and quality of death certificate data in Latin America and the feasibility of using these data to study place of death and associated factors.
METHODS
In this comparative study, we collected examples of current official death certificates and digital data files containing information about all deaths that occurred during 1 year in 19 Latin American countries. Data were collected from June 2019 to May 2020. The records for place of death and associated variables were studied. The criteria for data quality were completeness, number of ill-defined causes of death and timeliness.
RESULTS
All 19 countries provided copies of current official death certificates and 18 of these registered the place of death. Distinguishing among hospital or other health care institution, home and other was possible for all countries. Digital data files with death certificate data were available from 12 countries and 1 region. Three countries had data considered to be of high quality and seven had data considered to be of medium quality. Categories for place of death and most of the predetermined factors possibly associated with place of death were included in the data files.
CONCLUSIONS
The quality of data sets was rated medium to high in 10 countries. Hence, death certificate data make it feasible to conduct an international comparative study on place of death and the associated factors in Latin America.
目的
本文评估拉丁美洲死亡证明数据的可获取性和质量，以及使用这些数据研究死亡地点及相关因素的可行性。
方法
在这项比较研究中，我们收集了19个拉丁美洲国家现行官方死亡证明的样本以及包含某一年中所有死亡信息的数字数据文件。数据收集时间为2019年6月至2020年5月。对死亡地点及相关变量的记录进行了研究。数据质量标准包括完整性、死因定义不明确的数量和及时性。
结果
所有19个国家都提供了现行官方死亡证明的副本，其中18个国家记录了死亡地点。所有国家都能够区分医院或其他医疗机构、家中和其他地点。12个国家和1个地区提供了带有死亡证明数据的数字数据文件。3个国家的数据被认为质量高，7个国家的数据被认为质量中等。数据文件中包含了死亡地点类别以及大多数可能与死亡地点相关的预先确定因素。
结论
10个国家的数据质量等级评定为中到高。因此，死亡证明数据使得对拉丁美洲的死亡地点及相关因素进行国际比较研究成为可能。
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