The Analysis of Indicators of Final Discrepancies and Forensic Diagnoses in Cases of Death From Diseases

Abstract

The article presents the results of the analysis of the dynamics of the discrepancy between the final and forensic diagnoses in the Moscow region in cases of death from diseases for the period 2014–2018. The scope of the study was 3114 cases of deaths in hospitals of medical organizations and aimed at forensic research to determine the cause of death. The study found that in the Moscow region over the past five years there has been an improvement in the diagnosis of diseases of the circulatory system, respiration, digestion, tumors and tuberculosis. In the analyzed period of time there was a decrease in the specific weight of the discrepancy of diagnoses in cases of death from diseases from 63.7 % to 48.4 %.