TY - JOUR T1 - AUtopsy rates and diagnosis AU - Wecht CH Y1 - 1999/06/16 N1 - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-23-jac90005 JO - JAMA SP - 2181 EP - 2181 VL - 281 IS - 23 N2 - First, most hospital pathologists do not receive additional payment for autopsies, and hospitals do not receive payment from families or insurance companies. Therefore, since autopsies do result in some direct and indirect expenditures, neither the hospital administrator nor the hospital pathologist is anxious to correct this educational deficiency with their medico-legal colleagues. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-23-jac90005 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-23-jac90005 ER -