A comparison of physicians and medical assistants in interpreting verbal autopsy interviews for allocating cause of neonatal death in Matlab, Bangladesh: can medical assistants be considered an alternative to physicians?

Objective. This study assessed the agreement between medical physicians in their interpretation of verbal autopsy (VA) interview data for identifying causes of neonatal deaths in rural Bangladesh. Methods. The study was carried out in Matlab, a rural sub-district in eastern Bangladesh. Trained perso...

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Main Authors: Chowdhury, H., Thompson, Sandra, Ali, Mohammed, Alam, N., Yunus, M., Streatfield, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27324