Time-critical conditions: assessment of burden and access to care using verbal autopsy in Agincourt, South Africa
Background Time-critical conditions (TCC) are estimated to cause substantial mortality in low and middle-income countries. However, quantification of deaths and identification of contributing factors to those deaths are challenging in settings with poor health records.Aim To use verbal autopsy (VA)...
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| Main Authors: | Justine I Davies, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Peter Byass, Andrew Fraser, Jessica Newberry Le Vay |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-04-01
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| Series: | BMJ Global Health |
| Online Access: | https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/4/e002289.full |
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