Establishing a System for Medical Certification of Cause of Death for Noninstitutional Deaths in a Selected Area of Kolar District, Karnataka, India: Protocol for a Population-Based Feasibility and Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) coverage in India is only 22.5%, largely due to a significant proportion of deaths occurring outside hospitals (noninstitutional deaths). The cause of death (CoD) in such cases is unlikely to be certified by any doctor. This study attempts to address this gap by developing an MCCD system for noninstitutional deaths in India.

Objective

This study will assess the feasibility of a physician-derived cause of death (PhyCoD) approach for deducing CoD in noninstitutional deaths in a selected area of Kolar Taluk, Karnataka, and validate this approach.

Methods

This population-based feasibility and validation study will be conducted in 4 selected hospitals and 2 Primary Health Centre (PHC) areas in Kolar taluk, Kolar dis

SUBMITTER: Muralidhar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12402730 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature