Correcting for Verbal Autopsy Misclassification Bias in Cause-Specific Mortality Estimates
Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 108 (5), 2023
Verbal autopsies (VAs) are extensively used to determine cause of death (COD) in many low- and middle-income countries. However, COD determination from VA can be inaccurate. Computer coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) algorithms used for this task are imperfect and misclassify COD for a large proportion of deat...