@article{ref1,
title="Are statutory requirements followed in the certification of traumatic, unexpected, and unattended deaths in Missouri?",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2018",
author="Xaverius, Pamela K. and Wambuguh, Loise and Ward, Craig and Salas, Joanne and Alleman, Elizabeth and Young, Jeffrey and Berkemeier, Jessica",
volume="63",
number="6",
pages="1756-1760",
abstract="Medical examiners and coroners (ME/Cs) investigate deaths important to public health. This cross-sectional study evaluated 343,412 death certificates from 2007 to 2012 in Missouri. We examined agreement between cause and manner of death by year and ME/C contact as well as 2010-2012 trends in ME/C contact. There was near perfect agreement between cause and manner of death when an ME/C was contacted (kappa=0.97, p < 0.0001) and a significant increase in the proportion of deaths with ME/C contact from 2010 to 2012 (p =< 0.0001). There was a significantly higher proportion of ME/C-certified deaths using the electronic system in 2010-2012 (aOR = 1.18, 95% CI 1.15, 1.21) compared to the manual system in 2007-2009. Black, non-Hispanic (aOR = 1.50, 95% CI 1.43,1.57) and Hispanic (aOR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.13, 1.51) deaths, compared to White, non-Hispanic deaths, were associated with a significantly greater odds of ME/C certification. Race as an independent predictor of ME/C death certification warrants further research.<br><br>© 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.13785",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13785"
}