title: Predictors of coroner's verdict: a logistic regression model.
abstract: This study is an attempt to understand the effect of various factors that are likely to have influenced North Cheshire's Coroners during a five-year period in their decision to return a 'suicide' or an 'open' verdict. Based on the logistic model, the main factors that appeared to have influenced a Coroners decision are: intimation of intent, method of death and alcohol problem.
authors.affiliation: Warrington Community Health Care (NHS) Trust, Winwick Hospital, Warrington.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D003657:Decision Making; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data