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 ...
A death certificate completed by a physician with substantial knowledge of the clinical course of an individual prior to death based on appropriate diagnostics is the de facto standard for cause of death assignment. When deaths occur outside of a hospital or occur in facilities with limited diagnos...
Medical certificate for the cause of death: Evidence of death is required either in the form of a hospital letter where the death took place or a certificate from a civil official who certified the death at either the crematorium or burial grounds.The hospital asks for the exact name of the...