The Medical Division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) organizes and indexes general systems of records for medical research and administration. The main sources of records are the census, registrations of births and of deaths, hospital discharge records, registered cases of cancer and of congenital malformations, surveys by the Social Surveys Division, and samples of reco...

introduction: the manual and paper-based process of production and storage of medical records in iran have led to difficulties in filing and retrieval of the medical records. one of the usual solutions is using computerized medical records via electronic storage of paper-based medical records. the aim of this study was to recognize using computerized medical records in nine selected hospitals. ...

Abstract Using exhaustive administrative data on Italian social security records, we construct measures of local labour market thickness for executives that vary by industry and location. We show firm performance is strongly persistently affected executive death, but only in thin markets. The new hired after death events markets have lower education levels are more likely to be replaced. These ...

tuberculosis (tb) is one of the 10 leading cause of deaths in developing countries. understanding the cause and risk factors of tb death and lowering them can reduce its mortality rate. the aim of this study was to assess the cause and risk factors for death of tuberculosis. a retrospective descriptive study was conducted in khuzestan province in the south west of iran, from 2002 to 2006. medic...

AIM To assess the value of maintaining a death register in a general practice with particular reference to monitoring quality of care. DESIGN OF STUDY Observational study. SETTING Inner London general practice. METHOD The practice maintained a manual death register, retained medical records of all deceased patients, and requested information on cause of death from health authorities and c...

BACKGROUND To identify all the records within the Brazilian Hospital Information System (HIS) that contained information suggestive of severe maternal morbidity (near miss); to describe the diagnoses and procedures used; to identify variables associated with maternal death. METHODS A descriptive population study with data from the HIS and Mortality Information System (MIS) files of records of...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of computer based and manual district and unit information systems for identifying hospital deaths eligible for reporting to the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD). DESIGN Prospective six to 10 week study of hospital (death register, immediate coding of medical records) and district information systems followed by six mo...

Background: Investigating information on the causes of death of patients is an undeniable necessity for health policy and disease control at the level of human societies. This study aimed to perform an epidemiological study on patient mortality in Ali Ibn Abitaleb Hospital in Rafsanjan, Southeastern Iran, 2019. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 260 patients who died during Marc...

Introduction: Increasing age is one of the most important predictors of mortality among aged population. Therefore, determining the causes of death among older people could be imperative. The purpose of this study was to investigate non-communicable disease mortality among a sample of older people in Iran from 2007 to 2018. Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study that applied censu...