2019
DOI: 10.53553/jch.v07i02.003
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Verbal Autopsy - Concept and Role in Indian Scenario

Abstract: Mortality statistics plays a very important role in creating an information pool about the prevalent diseases in the community.1,2 Life and Death - are two universal events of life with a defined and clear outcome which is easy to understand2 even for people with no medical background. Enumeration of births and deaths in the community within a defined time period helps us to have an idea about the crude birth rate and crude death rate, respectively. In absence of a well developed, reliable health information s… Show more

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“…WHO suggests that verbal autopsy can fill a critical gap in measuring the mortality from COVID-19 for deaths which 11 occur outside of a healthcare setting. Despite its use in different parts of India's health care delivery system, verbal autopsy remains an under-utilized and often misunderstood 12,13 epidemiological tool.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…WHO suggests that verbal autopsy can fill a critical gap in measuring the mortality from COVID-19 for deaths which 11 occur outside of a healthcare setting. Despite its use in different parts of India's health care delivery system, verbal autopsy remains an under-utilized and often misunderstood 12,13 epidemiological tool.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%