Cause of death distribution with InterVA and physician coding in a rural area of Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 904-913

  Ramroth, Heribert ^a   Lorenz, Eva ^a   Rankin, Johanna C ^a   Fottrell, Edward ^b,c   Yé, Maurice ^d   Neuhann, Florian ^a   Ssennono, Mark ^a   Sié, Ali ^d   Byass, Peter ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Bayesian InterVA model; Burkina Faso; Cause of death; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDEMISM; HEALTH WORKER; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPRETING VERBAL AUTOPSY; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN CODED VERBAL AUTOPSY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TETANUS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BURKINA FASO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL CODING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84862754065     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02998.x     Document Type: Article

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