[HTML][HTML] Automated verbal autopsy classification: using one-against-all ensemble method and Naïve Bayes classifier
Verbal autopsy (VA) deals with post-mortem surveys about deaths, mostly in low and middle
income countries, where the majority of deaths occur at home rather than a hospital, for …
income countries, where the majority of deaths occur at home rather than a hospital, for …
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 …
determine causes of death (CODs) in countries where medical certification of death is …
Automatically determining cause of death from verbal autopsy narratives
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 …
preceding a person's death in cases where no official cause of death (CoD) was determined …
Naive Bayes classifiers for verbal autopsies: comparison to physician-based classification for 21,000 child and adult deaths
P Miasnikof, V Giannakeas, M Gomes… - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background Verbal autopsies (VA) are increasingly used in low-and middle-income
countries where most causes of death (COD) occur at home without medical attention, and …
countries where most causes of death (COD) occur at home without medical attention, and …
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 …
(CODs) for medically unattended deaths have been proposed as an alternative to physician …
[HTML][HTML] The openVA toolkit for verbal autopsies
Verbal autopsy (VA) is a survey-based tool widely used to infer cause of death (COD) in
regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems. In such …
regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems. In such …
Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is an important method for obtaining cause of death
information in settings without vital registration and medical certification of causes of death …
information in settings without vital registration and medical certification of causes of death …
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) …
cause of death (CoD) from questionnaire responses extracted from verbal autopsies (VAs) …
The WHO 2016 verbal autopsy instrument: An international standard suitable for automated analysis by InterVA, InSilicoVA, and Tariff 2.0
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a practical method for determining probable causes of
death at the population level in places where systems for medical certification of cause of …
death at the population level in places where systems for medical certification of cause of …
Random forests for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards
AD Flaxman, A Vahdatpour, S Green, SL James… - Population health …, 2011 - Springer
Background Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) is a promising alternative to the
standard approach of physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA), because of its high speed …
standard approach of physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA), because of its high speed …