Verbal autopsy coding: are multiple coders better than one?
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Verbal autopsy coding: are multiple coders better than one?
OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on the reported cause-of-death patterns of a verbal autopsy coding strategy based on a review of every death by multiple coders versus a single coder. METHODS Deaths in 45 villages (total population 180,162) in southern India were documented during 12 months in 2003-2004, and a standard verbal autopsy questionnaire was completed for each death. Two physician cod...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.08.051250