Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies

• Main Authors: Vahdatpour Alireza (Author), Flaxman Abraham D (Author), Lozano Rafael (Author), Murray Christopher JL (Author), Lopez Alan D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Verbal autopsy (VA) is an important method for obtaining cause of death information in settings without vital registration and medical certification of causes of death. An array of methods, including physician review and computer-aut...