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

Kayvan Aflaki, Alison L. Park, Chantal Nelson, Wei Luo and Joel G. Ray
May 21, 2021 9 (2) E539-E547; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200201
Kayvan Aflaki
Institute of Medical Science (Aflaki), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Park), Toronto, Ont.; Maternal, Child and Youth Health Division (Nelson, Luo), Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Ray) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ray), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Alison L. Park
Institute of Medical Science (Aflaki), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Park), Toronto, Ont.; Maternal, Child and Youth Health Division (Nelson, Luo), Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Ray) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ray), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Chantal Nelson
Institute of Medical Science (Aflaki), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Park), Toronto, Ont.; Maternal, Child and Youth Health Division (Nelson, Luo), Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Ray) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ray), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Wei Luo
Institute of Medical Science (Aflaki), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Park), Toronto, Ont.; Maternal, Child and Youth Health Division (Nelson, Luo), Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Ray) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ray), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Joel G. Ray
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vol. 9 no. 2 E539-E547
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200201
PubMed 
34021011
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  • Published online May 21, 2021.
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  1. Kayvan Aflaki, BSc,
  2. Alison L. Park, MSc,
  3. Chantal Nelson, PhD,
  4. Wei Luo, MBBS MSc,
  5. Joel G. Ray, MD MSc
  1. Institute of Medical Science (Aflaki), University of Toronto; ICES Central (Park), Toronto, Ont.; Maternal, Child and Youth Health Division (Nelson, Luo), Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Ray) and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ray), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Joel Ray, Joel.Ray{at}unityhealth.to
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Kayvan Aflaki, Alison L. Park, Chantal Nelson, Wei Luo, Joel G. Ray
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Kayvan Aflaki, Alison L. Park, Chantal Nelson, Wei Luo, Joel G. Ray
Apr 2021, 9 (2) E539-E547; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200201
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