An international comparison study indicated physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certificate affected reported national diabetes mortality.

@article{citeulike:1388996, abstract = {BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Physicians may find it confusing to decide whether to report diagnoses in part I or part II of the death certificate. The aim of this study was to contrast differences in diabetes mortality through a comparison of physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certification among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden. METHODS: A cross-sectional, intercountry comparison study. We calculated the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate and the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was selected as underlying cause of death. RESULTS: We found that half of the differences in reported diabetes mortality among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden were due to differences in reporting deaths with mention of diabetes anywhere on the certificate, and half due to differences in proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate. CONCLUSION: Differences in the reporting of diabetes in part I of the death certificate among physicians in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden was one of the factors that affected differing reported diabetes mortality in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden.}, address = {Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.}, author = {Lu, T. H. and Walker, S. and Johansson, L. A. and Huang, C. N. }, citeulike-article-id = {1388996}, doi = {10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009}, issn = {0895-4356}, journal = {J Clin Epidemiol}, keywords = {statistics}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1150--1157}, posted-at = {2007-06-14 03:29:07}, priority = {2}, title = {An international comparison study indicated physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certificate affected reported national diabetes mortality.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009}, volume = {58}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1388996 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1388996 TI - An international comparison study indicated physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certificate affected reported national diabetes mortality. JF - J Clin Epidemiol VL - 58 IS - 11 SP - 1150 EP - 1157 AD - Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. SN - 0895-4356 N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Physicians may find it confusing to decide whether to report diagnoses in part I or part II of the death certificate. The aim of this study was to contrast differences in diabetes mortality through a comparison of physicians' habits in reporting diabetes in part I of death certification among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden. METHODS: A cross-sectional, intercountry comparison study. We calculated the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate and the proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was selected as underlying cause of death. RESULTS: We found that half of the differences in reported diabetes mortality among Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden were due to differences in reporting deaths with mention of diabetes anywhere on the certificate, and half due to differences in proportion of deaths with mention of diabetes in which diabetes was reported in part I of the death certificate. CONCLUSION: Differences in the reporting of diabetes in part I of the death certificate among physicians in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden was one of the factors that affected differing reported diabetes mortality in Taiwan, Australia, and Sweden. KW - statistics AU - Lu, TH AU - Walker, S AU - Johansson, LA AU - Huang, CN PY - 2005/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.03.009 ER -