Improving Mortality Data Quality in Hospitals: Advocating for the Adoption of the WHO Standard Medical Certificate of Death in Nepal

Hospital death certification remains critically substandard, undermining mortality data quality. Prioritizing WHO's MCCoD implementation and clinician training would significantly improve accuracy, supporting SDG targets for reliable cause of death reporting.

Authors

D Mall
Santosh Paudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-391X)
Salman Majeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3143-4421)
Siddhartha Dhungana
Min Chandra Adhikari

Institutions

Bir Hospital (NP)
National Academy of Medical Sciences (NP)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Published: 2025-10-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v23i02.4689
Primary Topic: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Type: article
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article

Improving Mortality Data Quality in Hospitals: Advocating for the Adoption of the WHO Standard Medical Certificate of Death in Nepal

D Mall, Santosh Paudel, Salman Majeed, Siddhartha Dhungana et al.

Oct 17, 2025

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

article

Improving Mortality Data Quality in Hospitals: Advocating for the Adoption of the WHO Standard Medical Certificate of Death in Nepal

D Mall, Santosh Paudel, Salman Majeed, Siddhartha Dhungana, Min Chandra Adhikari

October 17, 2025article en

Abstract

Hospital death certification remains critically substandard, undermining mortality data quality. Prioritizing WHO's MCCoD implementation and clinician training would significantly improve accuracy, supporting SDG targets for reliable cause of death reporting.

Journal of Nepal Health Research CouncilVol. 23(02)

Bir Hospital (NP), National Academy of Medical Sciences (NP)

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