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Validating hierarchical verbal autopsy expert algorithms in a large data set with known causes of death

BACKGROUND: Physician assessment historically has been the most common method of analyzing verbal autopsy (VA) data. Recently, the World Health Organization endorsed two automated methods, Tariff 2.0 and InterVA–4, which promise greater objectivity and lower cost. A disadvantage of the Tariff method...

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Main Authors: Kalter, Henry D, Perin, Jamie, Black, Robert E
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2016
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26953965
http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.06.010601