Analytical Study of Medical Certification of Cause of Death

The study on assessment of Medical certification of cause of death was conducted at a rural medical college hospital in Andhra Pradesh to find out the errors in cause of death certificates for a period of one year from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2011. The certificates are collected from Medical record department of the hospital along with case sheets and analysed for errors. The errors are grouped in to two Major and Minor, Not even a single certificate is free from error, majority of the errors an average about 47% are found in Major group and minor group consist 21% of errors, Most of the errors are avoidable with proper guidance and periodical training to the medical practitioners.