Further evidence of misclassification of the injury deaths in South Africa: When will the barriers to accurate injury death statistics be removed?
Background. Contrary to the World Health Organization’s internationally recommended medical certificate of cause of death, the South African (SA) death notification form (DNF) does not allow for the reporting of the manner of death to permit accurate coding of external causes of injury deaths....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2023-09-01
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Series: | South African Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/836 |