Comparing tariff and medical assistant assigned causes of death from verbal autopsy interviews in Matlab, Bangladesh: implications for a health and demographic surveillance system

Comparing tariff and medical assistant assigned causes of death from verbal autopsy interviews in Matlab, Bangladesh: implications for a health and demographic surveillance system

Abstract Background Deaths in developing countries often occur outside health facilities, making it extremely difficult to gather reliable cause of death (COD) information. Automated COD assignment using a verbal autopsy instrument (VAI) has been proposed as a reliable and cost-effective alternative...

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Main Authors: Riley H. Hazard, Nurul Alam, Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Tim Adair, Saidul Alam, Peter Kim Streatfield, Ian Douglas Riley, Alan D. Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Verbal autopsy
Cause of death
Medical assistant
Tariff
Vital registration system
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-018-0169-1

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