TY - JOUR AU - Danilova, Inna AU - Shkolnikov, Vladimir M. AU - Jdanov, Dmitri A. AU - Meslé, France AU - Vallin, Jacques PY - 2016 DA - 2016/03/22 TI - Identifying potential differences in cause-of-death coding practices across Russian regions JO - Population Health Metrics SP - 8 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Reliable and comparable data on causes of death are crucial for public health analysis, but the usefulness of these data can be markedly diminished when the approach to coding is not standardized across territories and/or over time. Because the Russian system of producing information on causes of death is highly decentralized, there may be discrepancies in the coding practices employed across the country. In this study, we evaluate the uniformity of cause-of-death coding practices across Russian regions using an indirect method. SN - 1478-7954 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-016-0078-0 DO - 10.1186/s12963-016-0078-0 ID - Danilova2016 ER -