Diagnostic accuracy of physician review, expert algorithms and data-derived algorithms in adult verbal autopsies.

BACKGROUND: The verbal autopsy (VA) is used to collect information on cause-specific mortality from bereaved relatives. A cause of death may be assigned by physician review of the questionnaires, or by an algorithm. We compared the diagnostic accuracy of physician review, an expert algorithm, and da...

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Main Authors: Quigley, M, Chandramohan, D, Rodrigues, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999