Sammenlikning av data fra Dødsårsaksregisteret og Norsk pasientregister

In case of incomplete information on the cause of death, data from the Norwegian Patient Register can supply valuable information on where the patient has been treated, thus enabling the Cause of Death Registry to contact the hospitals in question. However, any potential benefit is restricted by the fact that deceased persons with unknown/unspecified causes of death had less frequently been admitted to hospital during their last year of life.