title: The role of autopsy in the control of mortality in Austria.
abstract: Maintenance of an acceptable autopsy rate is important for continuous quality control of the mortality statistics of a population, as well as for continuous quality control of clinical diagnosis in general. A high autopsy rate is of particularly great value for maintaining the quality of data on mortality from neoplastic diseases and, by feed-back, for ensuring the quality and accuracy of clinical diagnosis of malignant neoplastic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Holzner
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000401:mortality; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality