Performance evaluation of machine learning and Computer Coded Verbal Autopsy (CCVA) algorithms for cause of death determination: A comparative analysis of …

MT Mapundu, CW Kabudula, E Musenge… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Computer Coded Verbal Autopsy (CCVA) algorithms are commonly used to determine the
cause of death (CoD) from questionnaire responses extracted from verbal autopsies (VAs) …

Agreement between cause of death assignment by computer-coded verbal autopsy methods and physician coding of verbal autopsy interviews in South Africa

P Groenewald, J Thomas, SJ Clark, D Morof… - Global Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background The South African national cause of death validation (NCODV
2017/18) project collected a national sample of verbal autopsies (VA) with cause of death …

Verbal autopsy models in determining causes of death

M Tunga, J Lungo, J Chambua… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To systematically review current practices, strengths and limitations of existing VA
approaches to increase understanding of health system stakeholders and researchers …

Usefulness of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy data for general verbal autopsy methods

P Byass - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Verbal Autopsy (VA) is widely viewed as the only immediate strategy
for registering cause of death in much of Africa and Asia, where routine physician …

Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24,000 deaths in low-and middle …

N Desai, L Aleksandrowicz, P Miasnikof, Y Lu, J Leitao… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Physician-coded verbal autopsy (PCVA) is the most widely used method to
determine causes of death (CODs) in countries where medical certification of death is …

Automatically determining cause of death from verbal autopsy narratives

S Jeblee, M Gomes, P Jha, F Rudzicz… - BMC medical informatics …, 2019 - Springer
Background A verbal autopsy (VA) is a post-hoc written interview report of the symptoms
preceding a person's death in cases where no official cause of death (CoD) was determined …

Verbal autopsy: evaluation of methods to certify causes of death in Uganda

A Mpimbaza, S Filler, A Katureebe, L Quick… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
To assess different methods for determining cause of death from verbal autopsy (VA)
questionnaire data, the intra-rater reliability of Physician-Certified Verbal Autopsy (PCVA) …

Generating cause of death information to inform health policy: implementation of an automated verbal autopsy system in the Solomon Islands

M Reeve, H Chowdhury, PKB Mahesh, G Jilini… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Good quality cause of death (COD) information is fundamental for formulating
and evaluating public health policy; yet most deaths in developing countries, including the …

Comparison of physician-certified verbal autopsy with computer-coded verbal autopsy for cause of death assignment in hospitalized patients in low-and middle …

J Leitao, N Desai, L Aleksandrowicz, P Byass… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) methods to assign causes of death
(CODs) for medically unattended deaths have been proposed as an alternative to physician …

An improved method for physician-certified verbal autopsy reduces the rate of discrepancy: experiences in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance Site …

M Yé, E Diboulo, L Niamba, A Sié, B Coulibaly… - Population health …, 2011 - Springer
Background Through application of the verbal autopsy (VA) approach, trained fieldworkers
collect information about the probable cause of death (COD) by using a standardized …