A comparison of physicians and medical assistants in interpreting verbal autopsy interviews for allocating cause of neonatal death in Matlab, Bangladesh: can medical assistants be considered an alternative to physicians?

• Main Authors: Chowdhury Hafizur R (Author), Thompson Sandra C (Author), Ali Mohammed (Author), Alam Nurul (Author), Yunus Mohammed (Author), Streatfield Peter K (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>This study assessed the agreement between medical physicians in their interpretation of verbal autopsy (VA) interview data for identifying causes of neonatal deaths in rural Bangladesh.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Th...