Performance of InSilicoVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

Performance of InSilicoVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

Abstract Background Recently, a new algorithm for automatic computer certification of verbal autopsy data named InSilicoVA was published. The authors presented their algorithm as a statistical method and assessed its performance using a single set of model predictors and one age group. Methods We pe...

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Main Authors: Abraham D. Flaxman, Jonathan C. Joseph, Christopher J. L. Murray, Ian Douglas Riley, Alan D. Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Verbal autopsy
Cause-of-death diagnosis
Validation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1039-1

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