Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries

摘要

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. Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) methods have been proposed as a faster and cheaper alternative to PCVA, though they have not been widely compared to PCVA or to each other.