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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

Improving the Policy Utility of Cause of Death Statistics in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Investigation of Causes of Out-of-Hospital Deaths Using Automated Verbal Autopsy Methods.

Lene Mikkelsen, Sunil de Alwis, Sridharan Sathasivam, Vindya Kumarapeli, Ajith Tennakoon, Palitha Karunapema, Kapila Jayaratne, Rajitha Jayasuriya, Saman Gamage, Roshan Hewapathirana and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lene MikkelsenMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Sunil de AlwisMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sridharan SathasivamMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Vindya KumarapeliMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Ajith TennakoonMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Palitha KarunapemaMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Kapila JayaratneMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rajitha JayasuriyaMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, Australia.
Saman GamageMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Roshan HewapathiranaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rangana WadugedaraMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Manoj DissanayakeMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Chamika H SenanayakeMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika MaheshMinistry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Deirdre McLaughlinMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, Australia.
Alan D LopezUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine · LKUniversity of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Colombo · LKUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Global Burden of DiseaseHospitalsAutopsyCause of DeathHumansSri Lankacauses of deathcause specific mortality fractionshome deathsout-of-hospital deathsSmartVASri Lankaverbal autopsy

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PMID34123981
PMCPMC8187752
OpenAlexW3164836518

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