Economic feasibility of a new method to estimate mortality in crisis-affected and resource-poor settings.

INTRODUCTION: Mortality data provide essential evidence on the health status of populations in crisis-affected and resource-poor settings and to guide and assess relief operations. Retrospective surveys are commonly used to collect mortality data in such populations, but require substantial resource...

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Main Authors: Bayard Roberts, Oliver W Morgan, Mohammed Ghaus Sultani, Peter Nyasulu, Sunday Rwebangila, Egbert Sondorp, Daniel Chandramohan, Francesco Checchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176324?pdf=render