Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

• Main Authors: Flaxman Abraham D (Author), Naghavi Mohsen (Author), Atkinson Charles (Author), Lopez Alan D (Author), Lozano Rafael (Author), Murray Christopher JL (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Physician review of a verbal autopsy (VA) and completion of a death certificate remains the most widely used approach for VA analysis. This study provides new evidence about the performance of physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA...