Ascertainment of cause for deaths that occur in the absence of medical attention is a significant problem in many countries, including Thailand, where more than 50% of such deaths are registered with ill-defined causes. Routine implementation of standardized, rigorous verbal autopsy methods is a pot...
Physician certification training programs were based on the principles of multiple causes of death using the standard international medical certificate of cause of death [35], which is consistently used throughout Thailand for certifying deaths in hospitals. The training programs included exercises to ...
Moreover, these methods need to be capable of realistic application in the poorest populations where physician availability is likely to be extremely limited, thus ensuring compliance with a key tenant of the post-2015 development strategy to ‘leave no one behind’ [4]. A death certificate ...
A death certificate provided by a treating physician is considered the standard for cause of death assignment. In regions where vital registration systems are incomplete or when deaths occur in out-of-hospital settings, VA is the only available tool to ascertain the cause of death. Studies from ...
Who can apply it: While in some states the application for a death certificate can be made by any member of the society, in others, the applicant must have some relation with the deceased. Documents required: Medical certificate for the cause of death: Evidence of death is required either ...