[The cost effectiveness of echography biopsy].
Ecopsy is a postmortem technique which, by means of echography-guided puncture and/or aspiration obtains material for histological analysis. This study compared cost and time employed in 100 ecopsies and 100 classic necropsies and confirmed that cost of materials in ecopsy is 65% lower than that in necropsy. Physicians, necropsy technicians, laboratory technicians and secretary team personnel spent 33%, 54%, 19% and 32% less time than in necropsy. The clinical report of ecopsy was finished within nine days even with the brain study included.
Fariña
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Servicio de Anatomía Patológica II, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid.
Millana
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C
Fernández-Aceñero
M J
MJ
López-Asenjo
J A
JA
Furió
V
V
Aragoncillo
P
P
Blanco
M L
ML
Iglesias
J C
JC
Salto
R J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
Rentabilidad de la ecopsia.