Renal and vascular diseases are under-counted as underlying causes of death in diabetic populations: Prospective study of 150,000 Mexicans followed for 10 years
Conventional coding rules for death certificates substantially over-count diabetes mellitus as the underlying cause, and correspondingly under-count other conditions such as vascular or renal disease. For, among patients with diabetes reported on the death certificate, conventional rules ascribe vas...
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Language: | English |
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2015
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