Analysis of causes of death among brought-in-dead cases in a third-level Hospital in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, using the tariff method 2.0 for verbal autopsy: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Over one third of deaths in Zambian health facilities involve someone who has already died before arrival (i.e., Brough in Dead), and in most BiD cases, the CoD have not been fully analyzed. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the function of automated VA based on the...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Yuta Yokobori, Jun Matsuura, Yasuo Sugiura, Charles Mutemba, Martin Nyahoda, Chomba Mwango, Lloyd Kazhumbula, Motoyuki Yuasa, Clarence Chiluba
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-04-01
Subjects:	Civil registration and vital statistics Death Africa Zambia International classification of disease Automated verbal autopsy
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08575-y