Table 3.

Autopsy Rate by Hospital Characteristics

		Autopsy Rate
Hospital Category	Count	Weighted mean*	Unweighted mean
Hospital Size
≥ 200 beds	83	9.6%	12.8%
50–199 beds	156	4.9%	6.1%
< 50 beds	88	2.5%	3.1%
Teaching status
yes	78	11.4%	14.4%
no	249	3.8%	4.8%
Ownership
federal government	14	15.1%	13.3%
nongovernment, nonprofit	187	7.7%	7.7%
investor-owned for-profit	19	6.2%	6.1%
nonfederal government	107	5.6%	5.0%

^*weighted by bed count