Influence of the introduction of the ICD-10 on tendencies of mortality by causes (1980-2004) Influencia de la introducción de la CIE-10 en las tendencias de mortalidad por causas (1980-2004)

Objective: To evaluate the influence of the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) on tendencies of annual mortality rates, corrected and uncorrected to the ICD-9. Methods: Starting with the causes with a significant comparability ratio, we calculated the...

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Main Authors: Diego Salmerón, Lluís Cirera, Marc Saez, Carmen Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-04-01
Series:Gaceta Sanitaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0213-91112009000200012