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Fernando Augusto Mardiros Herbella1, Pedro Herbella Fernandes, Carlos Delmonte
1Instituto Médico Legal of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. hervella.dcir@unifesp.epm.br
Context:
Modern medical practice involves cost analysis of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. There are no papers dealing with this theme in relation to forensic autopsies in our country.
Objective:
Analysis of direct costs of forensic autopsies.
Type Of Study:
Cost analysis.
Setting:
São Paulo Medical Examiner's Central Office.
Sample:
Year 2001 activity.
Procedures:
Routine forensic autopsies. MEAN MEASUREMENTS: Analysis of direct costs of personnel and material.
Results:
Cost of personnel represents 90.38% or US$ 93.46. Material expenses comprised 9.62% or US$ 9.95. Total costs were calculated to be US$ 103.41.
Conclusions:
Forensic autopsies have a high cost. Cases to be autopsied should be judiciously selected. Our results are similar to international studies if data are rearranged based on the number of annual necropsies.
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