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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