ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2019
A quarter century of decline of autopsies in the Netherlands.
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- The evolution of postmortem investigation: a historical perspective on autopsy's decline and imaging's role in its revival.Frontiers in radiology · 2025Article
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- Analysis of Forensic Death Statistics From 2013 to 2022 and Autopsy Practices in TürkiyeBalkan medical journal · 2024Article
- Cause of death and the autopsy rate in an elderly population.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2023Article
- Clinical diagnoses vs. autopsy findings in early deceased septic patients in the intensive care: a retrospective cohort study.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2021Article
- Objectives, design and main findings until 2020 from the Rotterdam Study.European journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveAutopsy rates have been declining worldwide. The present study reports the outcome of a retrospective analysis of all non-forensic autopsies in the Netherlands over a course of 25 years, and compares these with the most recent Dutch study.
methodRetrospectively, 25 years of data on clinical autopsies from the Nationwide Network and Registry of Histo- and Cytopathology in the Netherlands (PALGA) was paired with the mortality registry (Statistics Netherlands).
resultsThe crude prevalence of autopsies declined from 7.07% in 1991 to 2.73% in 2015. After adjusting for age at death, there was no difference in autopsy rate between males and females. An increasing age significantly decreased the autopsy rate.
conclusionIn the Netherlands, clinical autopsies have been declining over the last quarter century. Age at death, but not sex, was associated with the autopsy rate. These different results stress the importance of correct collection and analysis methods of data.
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