Höpker W W, Burkhardt H U
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1984 Aug 24;109(34):1269-74. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1069361.
Death certificates for all clinics of the University of Heidelberg are centrally filled in at the University Pathology Institute. The certificate which accompanies the body gives the information for the official death certificate. There were 6263 autopsies between 1974 and 1978. The entry in the death certificate was compared with the complete morbid-anatomical diagnosis. Sensitivity and positive correctness showed many errors, the proportion of false-negative diagnoses being nearly three times higher than false-positive ones.
海德堡大学所有诊所的死亡证明均在大学病理研究所集中填写。随尸体一同提供的证明为官方死亡证明提供信息。1974年至1978年间进行了6263例尸检。将死亡证明中的记录与完整的病理解剖诊断进行了比较。敏感性和阳性正确率显示出许多错误，假阴性诊断的比例几乎是假阳性诊断的三倍。
