The check box: Determining pregnancy status to improve maternal mortality surveillance

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• 作者：MacKay ; Andrea P. ; Rochat ; Roger ; Smith ; Jack C. ; Berg ; Cynthia J.
• 关键词：cause of death ; death certificates ; female ; population surveillance ; pregnancy ; pregnancy complications/mortality
• 刊名：American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2000
• 期刊代码：8_07493797
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2000
• 卷：19
• 期：1, Supplement 1
• 页码：35-39
• 文件大小：115 K

摘要

Objective: More than half of pregnancy-related deaths are not identified through routine surveillance methods. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the pregnancy check box on death certificates in ascertaining pregnancy-related deaths.