Identifying maternal deaths with the use of hospital data versus death certificates: a retrospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate identification of maternal deaths is paramount for audit and policy purposes. Our aim was to determine the accuracy and completeness of data on maternal deaths in hospital and those recorded on a death certificate, and the level of agreement between the 2 data sources.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective population-based study using data for Ontario, Canada, from Apr. 1, 2002, to Dec. 31, 2015. We used Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) databases to identify deaths during inpatient, emergency department and same-day surgery encounters. We captured Vital Statistics deaths in the Office of the Registrar General, Deaths (ORGD) data set. Deaths were considered within 42 days and within 365 days after a pregnancy outcome (live birth, miscarriage

SUBMITTER: Aflaki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8177910 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature