Hospital data:
Beds = 500, Bassinets = 50
Inpatient deaths = 25
Inpatient autopsies = 11
Inpatient coroner's cases = 1
Outpatient data:
2 Emergency Dept deaths (both autopsied by hospital pathologist)
2 DOA (both autopsied by hospital pathologist)
1 heart patient (died at home and brought in for hospital autopsy)
Determine the net autopsy rate correct to two decimal places
A) 45.83%
B) 46.55%
C) 44.35%
D) Cannot be determined with data available
A
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