Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value of Death Certificate Data Among Deaths Caused by Legionnaires' Disease in New York City, 2008-2013.

CONCLUSIONS: Death certificates had limited ability to identify confirmed or suspected deaths with Legionnaires' disease. Provider trainings on the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease, particularly hospital settings, and proper completion of death certificates might improve the sensitivity of death certificates for people who die of Legionnaires' disease. PMID: 30005174 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Reports - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research