Hospital autopsy: Endangered or extinct?

摘要

Aim To determine the hospital autopsy rate for the UK in 2013.n Methods A study of data from a 'Freedom of Information' request to all (n=186) acute NHS Trusts within England (n=160), NHS Boards in Scotland (n=14) and Wales (n=7) and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland (n=5). Hospital autopsy rates were calculated from the number of hospital autopsies performed in 2013 as a percentage of total inpatient deaths in the Trust that year.n Results The UK response rate was 99% (n=184), yielding