Table 7 |
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Summary diagnostic agreement and reliability of the medical assistant approach compared to physician (at least two physicians agreeing on a cause) for assigning major direct causes of death |
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Diagnostic agreement |
Reliability |
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Condition |
Review Method |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
PPV (%) |
Kappa |
Strength of agreement |
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Prematurity/LBW |
MA |
52.7 |
96.1 |
70.7 |
0.55 |
Moderate |
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Birth asphyxia |
MA |
83.5 |
93.0 |
90.7 |
0.77 |
Good |
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RDS |
MA |
80.0 |
94.4 |
51.3 |
0.59 |
Moderate |
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Pneumonia |
MA |
75.0 |
94.2 |
42.9 |
0.51 |
Moderate |
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Sepsis/Meningitis |
MA |
47.7 |
97.5 |
72.4 |
0.53 |
Moderate |
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Chowdhury et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:23 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-23 |
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