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 …
[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 InSilicoVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards
AD Flaxman, JC Joseph, CJL Murray, ID Riley… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Recently, a new algorithm for automatic computer certification of verbal autopsy
data named InSilicoVA was published. The authors presented their algorithm as a statistical …
data named InSilicoVA was published. The authors presented their algorithm as a statistical …
Automated versus physician assignment of cause of death for verbal autopsies: randomized trial of 9374 deaths in 117 villages in India
Background Verbal autopsies with physician assignment of cause of death (COD) are
commonly used in settings where medical certification of deaths is uncommon. It remains …
commonly used in settings where medical certification of deaths is uncommon. It remains …
Performance of the Tariff Method: validation of a simple additive algorithm for analysis of verbal autopsies
Background Verbal autopsies provide valuable information for studying mortality patterns in
populations that lack reliable vital registration data. Methods for transforming verbal autopsy …
populations that lack reliable vital registration data. Methods for transforming verbal autopsy …
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 …
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 …
for registering cause of death in much of Africa and Asia, where routine physician …
Performance criteria for verbal autopsy-based systems to estimate national causes of death: development and application to the Indian Million Death Study
L Aleksandrowicz, V Malhotra, R Dikshit, PC Gupta… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) has been proposed to determine the cause of death (COD)
distributions in settings where most deaths occur without medical attention or certification …
distributions in settings where most deaths occur without medical attention or certification …
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 …
Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards
CJL Murray, SL James, JK Birnbaum… - Population Health …, 2011 - Springer
Background Verbal autopsy can be a useful tool for generating cause of death data in data-
sparse regions around the world. The Symptom Pattern (SP) Method is one promising …
sparse regions around the world. The Symptom Pattern (SP) Method is one promising …