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Avaliação da qualidade do Sistema Brasileiro de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM): uma scoping review.
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The aim was to map evidence on the quality of records in the Mortality Information System (SIM) through a national scoping review of articles published up to April 2023 across five databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, LILACS, and SciELO). Studies focused on specific causes of death were excluded. Dimensions evaluated included accessibility, methodological clarity, coverage, completeness, reliability, consistency, non-duplication, timeliness, validity, and studies on ill-defined causes/garbage codes. Among the 33 included articles, a general improvement in SIM quality was observed, with a 68.5% reduction in garbage codes (2000-2015). However, regional inequalities in SIM persist, with coverage below 90% in Acre and Maranhão and poorer performance in the North and Northeast regions. A robust SIM is essential for public health strategies aimed at preventing avoidable deaths.
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- Rebouças, P., Alves, F. J., Ferreira, A., Marques, L., Guimarães, N. S., Souza, G. R. D., Pinto, P. F. P. S., Teixeira, C., Ortelan, N., Silva, N., Rocha, A., Falcão, I., Pinto Junior, E. P., Pescarini, J., Paixão, E. S., Almeida, M. F. D., Silva, R. D. C. R., Ichihara, M. Y. T., & Barreto, M. L.
- Affiliations
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brasil
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Universidade Federal da Bahia (BR)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil
- ORCID
- Rebouças, Poliana
- Alves, Flavia Jôse
- Ferreira, Andrêa
- Marques, Lays
- Guimarães, Nathalia Sernizon
- Souza, Giesy Ribeiro de
- Pinto, Priscila F. P. S.
- Teixeira, Camila
- Ortelan, Naiá
- Silva, Natanael
- Rocha, Aline
- Falcão, Ila
- Pinto Junior, Elzo Pereira
- Pescarini, Julia
- Paixão, Enny S.
- Almeida, Marcia Furquim de
- Silva, Rita de Cassia Ribeiro
- Ichihara, Maria Yury Travassos
- Barreto, Maurício L.
- Venue
- Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2025-01
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e08462023-e08462023
- ISSN
- 1413-8123 (ISSN-L)
- 1678-4561
- OpenAlex
- W4406871493
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 9
- FWCI
- 3.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- pt
- Open access
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- doi.org
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- Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health and Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Keywords
- death records, garbage codes, ill-defined causes of death, avoidable mortality, disease surveillance
- MeSH terms
- Data Accuracy, Brazil, Cause of Death, Humans, Information Systems, Mortality, Public Health, Reproducibility of Results, Databases, Factual
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