CDC Trying to Standardize COVID Diagnosis Reporting
CDC says, “Appropriate completion of death certificates yields accurate and reliable data for use in epidemiologic analyses and public health reporting.” However, financial incentives to hospitals and doctors clouds COVID cause of death which contaminates death rates due to the virus. These new CDC guidelines try to educate hospitals and doctors about how to report COVID cause of death.
For example, if a patient dies in a car accident by the patient tested positive for COVID – the hospital and doctor bills COVID for the financial incentive the government pays for the diagnosis. New CDC cause of death reporting may provide more accurate data for policy makers like governors and mayors.
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