On the estimation of population cause-specific mortality fractions from in-hospital deaths.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Almost all countries without complete vital registration systems have data on deaths collected by hospitals. However, these data have not been widely used to estimate cause of death (COD) patterns in populations because only a non-representative fraction of people in these countries die in health facilities. Methods that can exploit hospital mortality statistics to reliably estimate community COD patterns are required to strengthen the evidence base for disease and injury control programs. We propose a method that weights hospital-certified causes by the probability of death to estimate population cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMFs).

Methods

We used an established verbal autopsy instrument (VAI) to collect data from hospital catchment areas in Chandpur and

SUBMITTER: Williams GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367755 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature