Inpatient autopsy rate and associated factors in a Chinese megacity: a population-based retrospective cohort study
The autopsy rate of hospital deaths was extremely low, largely due to healthcare providers. Even large teaching hospitals do not request more autopsies compared with other hospitals, after controlling for the patient characteristics. More efforts are urged to encourage hospitals and healthcare providers to proactively request autopsies, helping to revive this important procedure.
Authors
- Hanbo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0441-9721)
- Jiming Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3545-1525)
- Yanrong He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-0424)
- Hange Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-753X)
- Huatang Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2771-7382)
- Xidong Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7479-3945)
- Zihan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0531-8669)
- Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6108-5157)
- Dachun Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2203-9259)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Vanke (China) (CN)
- Beijing Hua Xin Hospital (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090430
- Primary Topic
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen