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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-income countries

BMC Medicine, 2014
BackgroundPhysician-coded verbal autopsy (PCVA) is the most widely used method to determine causes of death (CODs) in countries where medical certification of death is uncommon.
Nikita Desai, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, P. Miasnikof, Ying Lu, Jordana Leitão, P. Byass, S. Tollman, Paul Mee, Dewan S. Alam, S. Rathi, Abhishek Singh, Rajesh Kumar, F. Ram, P. Jha   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasound for Assessing Hyaluronic Acid Status in Patients Undergoing Injection Laryngoplasty

The Laryngoscope, Volume 134, Issue 11, Page 4682-4687, November 2024.
Transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasound is a noninvasive, safe, and effective tool for assessing glottic conditions. It can serve as a viable alternative method for monitoring hyaluronic acid absorption in patients undergoing injection laryngoplasty. Objective Injection laryngoplasty (IL) with hyaluronic acid (HA) is an effective treatment for patients ...
Chia‐Fan Chang, Yen‐Ling Kuo, Yen‐Bin Hsu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How much do the physician review and InterVA model agree in determining causes of death? a comparative analysis of deaths in rural Ethiopia

, 2022
How much do the physician review and InterVA model agree in determining causes of death?
Yohannes Adama Melaku (13407657), Geert Jan Dinant (13407660), Mark Spigt (477529), Berhe Weldearegawi (543720)   +3 more
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Duration‐dependent transaction tax effects on sellers and their behaviors

Real Estate Economics, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 140-183, January 2024.
Abstract We identify three interrelated behavioral outcomes of the duration‐dependent seller's stamp duty (SSD) implemented in the Singaporean private housing market and examine how it reduces market liquidity. An SSD lowers lock‐in home sellers’ opportunity cost of holding their properties through the lock‐in period thresholds.
Yanjiang Zhang, Yong Tu, Yongheng Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased.
P. Kim Streatfield, Wasif A. Khan, Abbas Bhuiya, Syed M.A. Hanifi, Nurul Alam, Cheik H. Bagagnan, Ali Sié, Pascal Zabré, Bruno Lankoandé, Clementine Rossier, Abdramane B. Soura, Bassirou Bonfoh, Siaka Kone, Eliezer K. Ngoran, Juerg Utzinger, Fisaha Haile, Yohannes A. Melaku, Berhe Weldearegawi, Pierre Gomez, Momodou Jasseh, Patrick Ansah, Cornelius Debpuur, Abraham Oduro, George Wak, Alexander Adjei, Margaret Gyapong, Doris Sarpong, Shashi Kant, Puneet Misra, Sanjay K. Rai, Sanjay Juvekar, Pallavi Lele, Evasius Bauni, George Mochamah, Carolyne Ndila, Thomas N. Williams, Kayla F. Laserson, Amek Nyaguara, Frank O. Odhiambo, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Alex Ezeh, Catherine Kyobutungi, Samuel Oti, Amelia Crampin, Moffat Nyirenda, Alison Price, Valérie Delaunay, Aldiouma Diallo, Laetitia Douillot, Cheikh Sokhna, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen M. Tollman, Kobus Herbst, Joël Mossong, Nguyen T.K. Chuc, Martin Bangha, Osman A. Sankoh, Peter Byass   +58 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing causes of death between formal and informal neighborhoods in urban Africa: evidence from Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: The probable coexistence of two or more epidemiological profiles in urban Africa is poorly documented. In particular, very few studies have focused on the comparison of cause-specific mortality between two types of neighborhoods that ...
Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, Bruno Lankoande, Roch Millogo, Martin Bangha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging communities in collecting and using results from verbal autopsies for child deaths: an example from urban slums in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Journal of Global Health, 2019
Background Verbal autopsies (VAs) can provide important epidemiological information about the causes of child deaths. Though studies have been conducted to assess the validity of various types of VAs, the programmatic experience of engaging local ...
Jennifer Hutain, H. Perry, A. Koffi, M. Christensen, Emily Cummings O'Connor, S. Jabbi, T. Samba, R. Kaiser   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding maternal mortality from top–down and bottom–up perspectives: Case of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Journal of Global Health, 2015
Background Unacceptably high levels of preventable maternal mortality persist as a problem across sub–Saharan Africa and much of south Asia. Currently, local assessments of the magnitude of maternal mortality are not often made, so the best available ...
H. Godefay, P. Byass, J. Kinsman, Afework Mulugeta   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Using verbal autopsies to estimate under-5 mortality at household level in a rural area of southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Background: In rural Uganda, paediatric deaths that occur outside of health facilities often go unnoticed by the health system, and information on their magnitude and causes remains limited.
Doreen Nabukalu, Moses Ntaro, Mathias Seviiri, Radhika Sundararajan, Raquel Reyes, Ross Boyce, Edgar Mulogo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nationwide evaluation of malaria infections, morbidity, mortality, and coverage of malaria control interventions in Madagascar

Malaria Journal, 2014
In the last decade, an important scale-up was observed in malaria control interventions. Madagascar entered the process for pre-elimination in 2007. Policy making needs operational indicators, but also indicators about effectiveness and impact of malaria
Thomas Kesteman, M. Randrianarivelojosia, C. Mattern, Emma Raboanary, D. Pourette, Florian Girond, V. Raharimanga, L. Randrianasolo, P. Piola, C. Rogier   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source