Physician’s Handbook on Medical Certification of Death: 2023 Revision

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/handbook/2023-physicians-mcod-handbook.pdf
  
  cdc:6533
  
  cdc:80634,cdc:6636
  
  This handbook contains instructions for physicians on cause-of-death certification for the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death; it is a model that can be adapted by any vital statistics registration area. It was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
  
  For detailed information on completing other items on the death certificate, refer to the Medical Examiners’ and Coroners’ Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting and the Funeral Director’s Handbook: Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting.
  
  Keywords: mortality • cause of death • death certificate • data quality • National Vital Statistics System
  
  Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Physician’s handbook on medical certification of death. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/ cdc:131005.
  
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  2023-physicians-mcod-handbook.pdf
  
  
• Series:
  National Vital Statistics Reports
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  vi, 55 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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