Should verbal autopsy results for malaria be adjusted to improve validity?
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Validation and validity of verbal autopsy procedures
Commentary Methods for interpreting verbal autopsy (VA) that have been validated fall into two major categories: (1) physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA), the commonlyused method in which one or more physicians ascertain causes of death based on their clinical judgment; and (2) computerized coding of verbal autopsy (CCVA), in which causes of death are derived using predefined criteria. Dec...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi087