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Improving Methods to Measure Comparable Mortality by Cause - PHMRC Shortened Questionnaire Open and Closed Response Sections 2013

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Bangladesh (BGD)
Chattogram
Philippines (PHL)
Bohol
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Western
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
05/2013 - 07/2013
Series or system 
Improving Methods to Measure Comparable Mortality by Cause (IMMCMC)
Data type
Survey:
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

These data were collected as part of the Improving Methods to Measure Comparable Mortality by Cause project, funded by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Verbal autopsy (VA) interviews were collected using the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC) shortened questionnaire on electronic tablets. Data was was collected from three sites: Matlab, Bangladesh; Kalutara, Sri Lanka; and Bohol, Philippines. The datasets correspond to the closed response and open response sections for each of the three sites.

Keywords 
Verbal autopsy
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Citation
Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
School of Population Health, University of Queensland (Australia)
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Philippines)
National Institute of Health Sciences (Sri Lanka)
Funders 
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2017
Suggested citation 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), National Institute of Health Sciences (Sri Lanka), Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Philippines), School of Population Health, University of Queensland (Australia). Improving Methods to Measure Comparable Mortality by Cause - PHMRC Shortened Questionnaire Open and Closed Response Sections 2013. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2017.
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