Improving the Policy Utility of Cause of Death Statistics in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Investigation of Causes of Out-of-Hospital Deaths Using Automated Verbal Autopsy Methods

Background: Setting public health policies and effectively monitoring the impact of health interventions requires accurate, timely and complete cause of death (CoD) data for populations. In Sri Lanka, almost half of all deaths occur outside hospitals, with questionable diagnostic accuracy, thus limi...

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Autores principales: Mikkelsen, Lene, de Alwis, Sunil, Sathasivam, Sridharan, Kumarapeli, Vindya, Tennakoon, Ajith, Karunapema, Palitha, Jayaratne, Kapila, Jayasuriya, Rajitha, Gamage, Saman, Hewapathirana, Roshan, Wadugedara, Rangana, Dissanayake, Manoj, Senanayake, Chamika H., Mahesh, Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika, McLaughlin, Deirdre, Lopez, Alan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.591237

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