Measuring misclassification of Covid-19 as garbage codes: Results of investigating 1,365 deaths and implications for vital statistics in Brazil

• Elisabeth B. França ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: efranca.med@gmail.com

  Affiliations Graduate Program in Public Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Research Group on Epidemiology and Health Evaluation, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-0233

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• Lenice H. Ishitani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group on Epidemiology and Health Evaluation, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7165-4736

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• Daisy Maria Xavier de Abreu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group on Epidemiology and Health Evaluation, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-2867

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• Renato Azeredo Teixeira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group on Epidemiology and Health Evaluation, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-6812

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• Paulo Roberto Lopes Corrêa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Municipal Health Department of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-2179

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• Eliene dos Santos de Jesus,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Municipal Health Department of Salvador, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Maria Antonieta Delgado Marinho,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Foundation, Ministry of Health, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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• Tauá Vieira Bahia,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Prefeitura Municipal de Salvador, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2725-8285

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• Ana Luiza Bierrenbach,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vital Strategies, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-0636

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• Philip Setel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vital Strategies, New York, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-5699

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• Fatima Marinho

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vital Strategies, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-9163

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