- Abstract:
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Objectives: To determine the proportion of under‐5 deaths that occurred at home in rural South Africa, whether care was sought prior to death, and determinants of home deaths amongst those who sought care.
Methods: Verbal autopsy data were used for all under‐5 deaths, 2000–2015, in two health and demographic surveillance system sites. Trends in place of death and care‐seeking were assessed. Associations between sociodemographic factors and home ... Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Tropical Medicine and International Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 862-878
- Publication date:
- 2019-04-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-04-11
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-3156
- ISSN:
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1360-2276
- Pmid:
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31002201
- Pubs id:
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pubs:994619
- UUID:
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uuid:324eb41e-ed79-46cd-ad67-dc3433305099
- Source identifiers:
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994619
- Local pid:
- pubs:994619
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The publisher's version is available online
Journal article
Home deaths of children under 5 years in rural South Africa: a population‐based longitudinal study
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